Kbase 16604: How to apply a patch to a double-byte enabled environment
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
5/10/1998 |
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How to apply a patch to a double-byte enabled environment
This knowledgebase entry describes the situation where a double-byte
enabled environment seems to lose the double-byte feature after
applying a patch. It also covers how to install a patch on a
double-byte enabled environment.
The PROGRESS executable on Windows is _prowin.exe. The double-byte
enabled executable is _prowina.exe. When the double-byte enabled
product is installed, it copies _prowina.exe over the existing
_prowin.exe. In doing this it is renamed to _prowin.exe. This
allows the user to run _prowin.exe as he normally would using the
double-byte feature.
When a patch is released it comes with _prowin.exe (for single-byte
customers) and _prowina.exe (for double-byte customers). The
installation instructions say to copy everything over to the user's
system. The user would then end up with both _prowin.exe and
_prowina.exe. When he runs _prowin.exe as he normally does it would
pick up the single-bye executable.
The solution is to either copy _prowina.exe to _prowin.exe (renaming
it to _prowin.exe in the process), or change the run statements
to run _prowina.exe instead of _prowin.exe. This second approach is
less recommended since PROGRESS' process for shipping executables
may change in the future, but it is more intuitive.
This only applies to customers running under Windows.
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 16604