9.5 Import/Export Considerations
Following are some important considerations when importing and exporting your LANSA applications, which have been customized using the Web Functions Wizard.
- A LANSA system must be at Release 8.0 and EPC538 (or greater) in order to use an application created with the Web Functions Wizard. In general, you must always import into a system which is at the same level or higher than the exporting system. In particular, you must be very careful with changes to the Web skeleton when applications are moved to another system and then recompiled.
- The Web Functions Wizard import (LWEBWIZ2) does not have to be installed in a partition which is used only for executing an application.
- If you are planning to import LWEBWIZ2 into a partition being used for development, be sure to execute this import before you execute your application import, otherwise LWEBWIZ2 may overwrite your application import.
- Remember that graphic variables are system wide. When you import into a system, the graphic variables will impact more than one partition.
- You are responsible for moving any custom image files used by your applications.
- If your Web function application is intended to run in a non-multilingual partition you should execute the Wizard over your application in a non-multilingual partition. If your Web function application is intended to run in a multilingual partition you should execute the Wizard over your application in a multilingual partition.
- If you are importing applications which were created on a LANSA system which does not use the Wizard, refer to Impact on Existing Applications.
Tip:
You can create an export of your system variables as a method of backing up your system configuration. If you are using Version 9.x of the Web Functions Wizard, and you are importing into a Version 10.0 or greater system, please refer to Existing LANSA for the Web Installation.