Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5

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Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Thu. Aug 27, '09 1:25 PM (permalink)

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We are current users of the Forum Software version 2.5.5. that was purchased back in October 2005. Don't know if we have a commercial version or unbranded version. What is the difference? Also, is there upgrade for 2.5.5? Also, I don't have Original Order Reference Number from V-share or ShareIt information. Can we still do an upgrade if we don't have that information?

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Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Thu. Aug 27, '09 1:29 PM (permalink)

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Hi，

Thanks for your message first.

1) there is no upgrade for 2.5.5. It is the last version for v2.
2) for other questions you posted, I need to figure out by looking at your purchase record first. What is your forum URL / company name? This will help me get your record to provide you the information needed to upgrade.

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Guest Total Posts : 888 Reward points : 0 Joined: May 23 '01 Status: online	Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Thu. Aug 27, '09 1:44 PM (permalink) 0 The company name is Virginia Health Quality Center or URL at www.vhqc.org Thanks for your help!!!
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Samuel Total Posts : 11786 Reward points : 168350 Joined: May 23 '01 Status: offline	Reply to message Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Thu. Aug 27, '09 2:12 PM (permalink) 0 I sent you a PM with everything you need. Thanks! ASPPlayground.NET ~ see our Version 4 plans here
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Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Tue. May 4, '10 11:58 AM (permalink)

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We are thinking about upgrading our current Forum software from 2.5.5 to 3.6. Is it a difficult upgrade path? Do you support migrating all the data from the old database to the new database? Is the membership integration the same? We added custom code to use a screenname. Would we still have to make those changes in the new system or do you support a pen name/screen name? Thank you, Jason

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Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Tue. May 4, '10 12:33 PM (permalink)

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Hi Jason,

Thanks for your message. Upgrading from 2.5.5 -> 3.6 is a process supported in the software. There wont be any loss of data.

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Membership integration now uses the ASP.NET membership provider (2.0 +), which is different from the previous version based on .NET 1.1. It is still very easy to use but the syntax is different. Generally speaking, the site integration package in V3 requires fewer lines of code with expanded feature set.
We don't have a screen name feature in the software so yes, you will need to do it again. However, you can also make use of the custom registration field feature to store the screen name and we have made it easy to display custom field values on the message page in V3.

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ojm37 Total Posts : 88 Reward points : 180 Joined: Jan 31 '06 Status: offline	Reply to message Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Tue. May 4, '10 4:36 PM (permalink) 0 Question about the latest version: Will it compile in a Web Application Project / Web Deployment Project (VS 2008 and/or VS 2010) with Option Explicit and Option Strict specified in the compiler options? Thanks, Owen
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Samuel Total Posts : 11786 Reward points : 168350 Joined: May 23 '01 Status: offline	Reply to message Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Wed. May 5, '10 12:46 AM (permalink) 0 I recommend not to compile it. Just let IIS JIT compile and it will be much easier (xcopy deployment). The software does use Option Strict in dll and pages. ASPPlayground.NET ~ see our Version 4 plans here
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Guest Total Posts : 888 Reward points : 0 Joined: May 23 '01 Status: online	Re:Wanting to Upgrade from Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET 2.5.5 Thu. May 6, '10 12:05 PM (permalink) 0 Letting IIS JIT compile it takes too long (the site where it's integrated takes over 2 minutes to recompile) -- FWIW... Thanks, Owen
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You can compile it too if you insist. See:

http://www.aspplayground....01542&high=compile

The reason I mention JIT is that you won't have to compile all the time. IIS will only have to do so when you update say 3.4->3.5.

When we release patches which usually contain only pages, you can simply upload the files to the server which is a lot easier than you having to compile and upload the whole thing.

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