Must Do List
- 1. Backup all the databases from Version 4 before upgrade.
- 2. Remove/Uninstall the previous Firebird version installed, ie. 1.5, 2.0, 2.5.
- 3. Install Firebird 3.0.1.
- 4. Install SQL Financial Accounting 5 (32 bits), version: 5.2016.790.737.
- 5. For Windows XP user ONLY, a minimum requirement must have Service Pack 3 (SP 3). To download the SP3 click here.
How to check the Service Pack in Windows XP?
1. Click on Windows Start.
2. Right click on My Computer.
3. Select Properties.
4. Check and make sure it is Service Pack 3.
- 6. Check the System Locale in Regional setting.
- 6.1 Go to Control Panel.
- 6.2 Look for Regional setting. See screenshot below.
- 6.3 Click on Administrative tab. Check the Language for non-Unicode programs, eg. English (United States) or Chinese (Simplified, China).
- 6.3 Click on Administrative tab. Check the Language for non-Unicode programs, eg. English (United States) or Chinese (Simplified, China).
Important: To ensure the encoding conversion correctly, please ask the user the following questions: 1. Do you key-in any Chinese or other than English words in the database?. 2. What type of language input using? Simplified or Traditional Chinese?
- 7. Check Local C drive free spaces (follow the Windows drive). Recommended 25GB free space or more.
- 8. Restore the database from the backup file.