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eSeaGrant features a built-in versioning system for ensuring that all users access only the most recent version.
 

To version an eSeaGrant FMP interface:

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As Super-Admin, go to the 'FMP Versioning' layout of the interface you wish to version

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Versioning Local Copies

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, and click 'Version'.  Upon clicking this button,

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  • A

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  • copy

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  • of

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  • the

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  • FMP

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  • interface being versioned is saved to the same folder as the original, using the following naming convention:  prgm_prefix_<"PM" or "RFP">_<current date>.fp7 (e.g. "MITSG_RFP_13_June_2014.fp7")
  • The new copy is uploaded to the server, into the eSG system folder 'FMP_versions'.
  • The database is updated to reflect the new FMP version.

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It's recommended that old versions

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be either deleted or moved to an archive.

Versioning New Releases from MIT Sea Grant

  1. Download new release.
  2. Change name of downloaded file to the name of your current local copy, and open it.
  3. Update configuration scripts to suit your program.
  4. Apply any necessary program-specific edits to the layouts
  5. Version it via the FMP Versioning layout, as described above.

     If your program IS NOT hosting interfaces via FMP Server:

  • If FMP interfaces are being shared via FMP Server, users will simply access the newest available version.
  • Otherwise, users

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  • will be prompted to download the new version when attempting to open

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  • an old version. 
     

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     Replace the FMP interface that's currently hosted by FMP Server with the new one.  The new version

     will be available to users the next time they select a shared FMP interface.