Upgrading and downgrading IQ Bot

Uninstall and install a later version to upgrade IQ Bot. Uninstall and install an earlier version of IQ Bot to downgrade.

To upgrade or downgrade IQ Bot, perform the following procedure.

Procedure

Upgrading IQ Bot
1. Create a new folder in any location and take a backup of the Settings.txt and both or either of the .json files ImageProcessingConfig.json or AbbyyImagePreProcessingSettings.json for your reference from the <Installation Path/Configuration> folder to this new folder.
2. Take a backup of the existing IQ Bot databases before starting the upgrade.
3. Follow the uninstall process:
  Uninstalling IQ Bot
4. Copy a later version of IQ Bot installable file from <path of the installable file> to your local system.
5. Follow the installation process.
  Note:
  - Refer to the settings from the Settings.txt and both or either of the .json files ImageProcessingConfig.json or AbbyyImagePreProcessingSettings.jsonto enter the configuration values when you are installing an earlier version of the product.
  - Back up your database to restore it in case any issue occurs in future or in case you downgrade to an earlier version of IQ Bot.
  - If you are using the ABBYY FineReader Engine OCR, you must update the folder path to the AbbyyOCREngineSettings.json configuration file after completing the upgrade installation steps.
  Migrate learning instances
Downgrading IQ Bot
1. Create a new folder in any location and take a backup of the Settings.txt and both or either of the .json files ImageProcessingConfig.json or AbbyyImagePreProcessingSettings.json for your reference from the <Installation Path/Configuration> folder to this new folder.
2. Uninstall the later version of IQ Bot.
3. Take a backup of the current databases.
4. Remove the backup of the current databases.
5. Restore the database backup of the earlier IQ Bot version.
6. Install the earlier version of IQ Bot.
  Note:
  - Refer to the settings from the Settings.txt and both or either of the .json files ImageProcessingConfig.json or AbbyyImagePreProcessingSettings.jsonto enter the configuration values when you are installing an earlier version of the product.
  - Back up your database to restore it in case any issue occurs in future or in case you upgrade to a different version of IQ Bot.

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Upgrading and downgrading IQ Bot