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Import Plus Upgrade 

Brief description:

You just download a compatible version of ImportPlus and do an install of the same type as you already have over what is already there. If you use the "Multi" version you can do this ahead of upgrading Sage50.  

Detailed description:

It is not necessary to uninstall ImportPlus.

As of Version 24.1 third party activation is no longer needed by Sage
Call Sage and ask for a "Third Party Serial Number & Activation Key" for the new version of Sage 50 (you probably already have these for the earlier version but each Sage 50 version requires different ones). I mention this at this point in the process because it is good to have the values handy when you need them. It is very frustrating to reach that point and then discover that it's out of Sage's office hours. :(

Once you have them you can either wait till ImportPlus asks for them, or  within Sage 50 you can use Tools => Activation => Enable 3rd Party
Integration.

As of build 1077 you can use importplus to update itself, in the Tools group run "Update Tools" and then run the "Update ImportPlus". 

For earlier versions or if auto update fails:

visit: http://www.skyewright.co.uk/downloads/win32/

Go to the very bottom of the page and select ImportPlus "Multi" 

Use the downloaded file to update your ImportPlus install. No need to uninstall, just install "over" what you already have.

In the top right corner of ImportPlus Driver on non standalone installations it says if the installation is server or workstation along with what version you have, this feature is not present on very old versions.

If ImportPlus is stand alone, do a "Full Install" (the default choice).

If ImportPlus is in a server & workstation arrangement, do a "Server Install" to the server first.  
Once that is done, the workstation copies will update themselves from the server next time ImportPlus is run on the workstation. 

• (Note that you need administrative / elevated rights to install the upgrade at the workstation, if you need to, right click on import plus and choose "run as administrator" you only need to do this to install the update, once updated, everything will be as normal.)
• In some cases mapped drives are not available to the admin account and it may not upgrade, in this case run the installation package on the workstation and choose a workstation install.) 

Notes

Existing custom configurations and command lines are unaffected and will continue to work as before.

If you're out of "update eligibility" then following the update you will need a fresh Skyewright licence within 14 days. 

Please use: ImportPlus Driver => Tools => Request Licence. 

You can upgrade ImportPlus before you upgrade sage if you wish as it is compatible with all recent versions.

As of V30 Sage have provided 64 bit versions of Sage50 these are incompatible with ImportPlus.

Extra Help

Whilst upgrading is something an end user can do, we acknowledge that some users may be wary and some may not know what the configuration is. If you need our help or want us to do it for you, please call.