The following upgrade considerations have been compiled by OnBase subject matter experts. These upgrade considerations are general and applicable to most OnBase solutions and network environments and should be considered each time an upgrade is performed.
Carefully consider the impact of making any changes, including those listed below, prior to implementing them in a production environment.
For additional general information about upgrading OnBase, refer to the Upgrade Guidelines reference manual , and visit the Hyland Community at: https://www.hyland.com/community.
The following information regarding Document Composition should be considered or noted prior to upgrading your version of OnBase:
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If you are upgrading from a version of OnBase prior to OnBase 18, to prevent formatting duplication, remove workarounds for manually placing currency or masking formatting in templates.
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Prior to the release of OnBase Foundation EP1, Placeholders configured to use the Code 128 Bar Code display style used the EAN-128 bar code format. As of OnBase Foundation EP1, The Code 128 and EAN-128 bar code formats are available as separate Bar Code display styles. If you are upgrading from a version of OnBase prior to OnBase Foundation EP1, the Bar Code display style of any Placeholder configured to use the Code 128 bar code format will automatically update to correctly reflect the EAN-128 bar code format.
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If you are upgrading from a version of OnBase prior to Foundation EP2, you must uninstall the previous version of the Document Composition Service. Also, any firewall settings configured to accommodate of the previous version of the Document Composition must be updated to accommodate the Unity Scheduler.
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Beginning in OnBase Foundation EP4, the Document Composition ActiveX controls are no longer supported and have been removed from the Document Composition module. If you are using Document Composition in the ActiveX Web Client and upgrading to OnBase Foundation 24.1, you must use Document Composition in the HTML Web Client to fulfill your needs.
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Beginning in OnBase Foundation 22.1, the Document Composition is no longer available in the OnBase Client. It is still available in the Web Client and Unity Client.