How to install NWDS Patch?

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I'm just new to the NWDS Editor.

My NWDS version is 7.0.15.

I wanted to upgrate to SP 17.

So I downloaded JIDE17_0-10003480.SAR.

Can you please help me how to install this patch?

Should I extract it? And where should I put the file(s)?

The files inside it are:

plugin.properties

plugin.xml

lib\jstartup.jar

lib\jstartupapi.jar

lib\jstartupimpl.jar

Thank you in advance,

Jemaru

Edited by: jemaru on Sep 23, 2010 10:00 PM

[ErvinSzolke · Accepted solution]

Hi,

the NWDS updating mechanism functions as follows:

on 640/700 you just download the corresponding SAR file, and after extracting it using the SAPCAR tool (example: SAPCAR -xvf JIDE17_0-10003480.SAR) you'll find the corresponding installer exe inside the J2EE-RUN-CD folder.

If you execute it, it'll replace your current installation with the new one. It is not necessary to remove the old installation, and there's no other way to have it updated. There's no specific patching mechanism, you install the entire NWDS as it is.

as of 710 you use the update site mechanism. This means, you can download a zip file which includes an installer after extraction. This is only the eclipse framework. If you finished with the instllation, either it automatically suggests to connect to the update site (in order to enhance your NWDS framework with SAP specific plugins) or if this does not happen (and this behaviour depends on the release you have) you can trigger this update using the NWDS menu (Help -- Find and Install... -- Software Updates). Only after this you will have a fully installed NWDS.

Best Regards,

Ervin (SAP)

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

JIDE17_0-10003480.SAR is just 470 MB.

And it is supposedly just to be a patch for upgrade to NWDS SP17.

When I extract it, there is no exe file there.

[junwu]

after extraction, you should find something like this.

J2EE-RUNT-CD\IDE\IDE70setup.exe

[Former Member]

Hi John,

Thanks for the reply.

However there is no EXE files in it.

Tthe files inside it are only:

plugin.properties

plugin.xml

lib\jstartup.jar

lib\jstartupapi.jar

lib\jstartupimpl.jar

I'm not intending to reinstall NWDS everything, but just an upgrade to SP17.

Please help me find solution.

Thank you very much,

Jemaru

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[dao_ha]

Hi Jemaru,

Up to NW 7.0, the NWDS update method is more or less deleting the existing version and install the new one from scratch.

Like John said, after extracting the *.SAR file, you should have a directory J2EE-RUNT-CD/IDE with its sub directories and the files IDE70setup.exe, LABEL.ASC.

Just run the *.exe file and it will give you the option to replace the existing version (if I remember correctly). Btw, SPS17 also has a patch so you'll need to download the patch *.SAR file and install it afterward.

Don't forget that you must update your runtime systems as well.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Dao