Add-On Upgrade in SAP B1

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I have upgraded SAP B1 in Test Server from 9.0 PL14 to 9.2 PL7 as supported. Before upgrade I had 2 add-on in production server. For registration of Add-On I looked for .ard file and supportive .dll files in production system, I am not able to pick the .ard files for registering the add-ons. Can you please help me out to upgrade the add-on's and register with my Test system. Please give me any source for the step by step upgrade and registration.

Thankyou

[former_member468525 · Accepted solution]

When I install the Add-Ons it will not let me create and it gives me the following error

[former_member233854]

In this casa I believe the only option is build the ard and installer files again

[Former Member]

Hi Danilo,

Please guide me through the process to create .ard files.

I found the files that you are looking at the below screen in production server in the path

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\SAP Business One\AddOn

I copied it to my local system and generated the .ard file for the addon and tried to register with the SAP B1 on test server, but the add-on error popped up every time I registered the add-on. Help me out through this.

Did I do the correct or anything is wrong in creatin the .ard files? I am new to the SAP B1 and I am trying it on own.

Thankyou

[former_member233854]

I have never seen this working, I always create the .ard from the source codes, not from the installed files, let`s wait for more users to anwser, because I really don`t know if it is possible to do the way you are doing.

Don`t you have the source files?

[Former Member]

No, I don't have source codes now. I'll contact my client to provide them.

Thankyou for the reply Danilo, it was helpful.

[Former Member]

Can you provide me the step to step process or any document so that I'll create .ard files if I get the code.

[former_member233854]

Please have a look on these links, first use an older way to create it and the second the new one.

https://blogs.sap.com/2012/05/18/creating-and-registering-add-on-on-sap-b1/

https://blogs.sap.com/2015/05/22/sap-b1-91-new-add-on-package-and-deployment-tools-extensionpackage-...

[former_member233854]

What do you meant by "I am not able to pick the .ard files"? Did you lose them?

[Former Member]

Our client has Add-ons that were already installed in previous version of SAP B1. In the below path

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\SAP Business One\AddOn" I was able to see the Add-on's .exe file and .dll files of the package.

But when I tried to locate .ard file of respective addon in the entire system(production server), it was missing. I want testing to be done for upgraded version in test system.