Upgrading RadEditor WebPart Version

Telerik Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 last build was R1 2023 SP2 and is discontinued since then.

This article explains how to upgrade to a newer version of RadEditor for SharePoint 2010. In the instructions below we will upgrade from v6.0.0.0 to v6.1.0.0.

In SharePoint 2010 deployments use the following steps to upgrade an existing version of Telerik controls for Sharepoint 2010 to a newer version of Telerik controls for Sharepoint 2010:

1. Make sure that you write the current version of RadEditorSharePoint assembly. It is needed in case you want to access previously created with RadEditor for SP2010 WebParts. There are three ways of getting the version of the assembly:

2. Check the version of the assembly in the GAC.

   

3. Check the first four digits of the x.x.x.x__1f131a624888eeed folder in Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\wpresources\RadEditorSharePoint.

   

4. Check the web.configfile of your SharePoint 2010 site for a SafeControl element such as <SafeControl Assembly="RadEditorSharePoint, Version=x.x.x.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1f131a624888eeed" Namespace="Telerik.SharePoint" TypeName="*" Safe="True" SafeAgainstScript="False" />

   

5. Uninstall the old version of Telerik controls For Sharepoint 2010 as described here.

6. Install the new version of Telerik controls For Sharepoint 2010 as described here.

7. Paste the following <dependentAssembly> element in the <assemblyBinding> tag in the web.config file:

   XML

   <runtime>
       ...
          <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
            <dependentAssembly>
              <assemblyIdentity name="RadEditorSharePoint" publicKeyToken="1f131a624888eeed" culture="neutral" />
              <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-<old version>" newVersion="<new version>" />
            </dependentAssembly>
       ...
          </assemblyBinding>
       ...
   </runtime>
   

   The <old version> here represents the old product version (6.0.0.0), while <new version> should be replaced with the current version (6.1.0.0 in this example):

   XML

   <dependentAssembly>
       <assemblyIdentity name="RadEditorSharePoint" publicKeyToken="1f131a624888eeed" culture="neutral" />
       <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.1.0.0" />
   </dependentAssembly>
   

8. (Web Parts) To enable the RadEditor Web Parts, which were created with the previous version, open the web.config file of your SharePoint site and add the following line right above the </SafeControls> tag:

   XML

   <SafeControl Assembly="RadEditorSharePoint, Version=<old version>, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1f131a624888eeed"
       Namespace="Telerik.SharePoint" Typename="*" Safe="True" />
   

   In this case <old version> is 6.0.0.0, so the <SafeControl> tag should look like this:

   XML

   <SafeControl Assembly="RadEditorSharePoint, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1f131a624888eeed"
       Namespace="Telerik.SharePoint" Typename="*" Safe="True" />
   

   If you have upgraded multiple times, it is suggested to keep all SafeControl registrations for each version used.