RadPanelBar for ASP.NET

Follow the steps below to upgrade your Telerik RadPanelBar v4.3 Trial license to a Developer (production) license.

THE PROCEDURE DESCRIBED IN THIS MANUAL IS IRREVERSIBLE AND YOU MAY LOSE YOUR DATA IF THE INSTALLATION IS NOT CARRIED OUT CORRECTLY!

1. Back up Your Old Files

We strongly suggest that you back-up your old Telerik RadPanelBar files and folders, especially if you would like to use your old settings.

2. Obtain the Necessary File

1. Log in your Client.NET account.
2. Go to "My licenses" and click on "My Purchases".
3. Locate the control that you need to install, i.e. Telerik RadPanelBar, and click on it.
4. Click on the "Download" tab and download the "DLL and Scripts only" file. Since you have purchased the control, make sure you are downloading the proper file - the Developer version has the Dev abbreviation in it.

3. Install and Copy the New Files  

1. Unzip the files at a convenient location.
2. Check the Changes and Backward Compatibility section for introduced changes. If there are such, they should be applied a little later in the upgrade process.
3. Back up your application if you haven't done so already.
4. Close Visual Studio or any ither IDE which may lock the old assembly.
5. From the newly downloaded and unzipped files, copy the new DLL (RadPanelBar.NET2.dll located in the bin folder) to your web-application's bin folder. Replace the old dll.
6. Locate the old RadControls/PanelBar folder and delete it manually, i.e. using Windows Explorer. By default, the RadControls/PanelBar folder should be in the root of your application. If you moved the RadControls folder through the RadControlsDir property to another location (different from the root), then locate it and delete it using Windows Explorer.
   

   DO NOT use Visual Studio to move, copy or delete the RadControls folder as this will break the Telerik control(s).

7. If you intend to use skins different from the default or if you plan to modify the JavaScript files, copy the new RadControls/PanelBar folder to the same location as above.
8. If using VS.NET, update the control's reference in your project to point to the new DLL.
9. Follow the steps in the Changes and Backward Compatibility section in case there are some changes between the versions.
10. Recompile your project.
11. If you have added the control in GAC, remove it by running a gacUtil to remove the old copy and then add the new one. More information on the topic can be located here: Add/Remove Telerik RadPanelBar to the Global Assembly Cache
12. Run the project.
13. If you still get the older version of Telerik RadPanelBar click here
    
    

    • Sometimes the .NET Framework wrongly caches the Telerik RadPanelBar's DLL and therefore the update may seem to have failed. Try the following to ensure that this is not the case:
    • Terminate the aspnet_wp.exe process (from the Windows Task Manager)
    • Open a Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows(WINNT)\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v[YOUR_VERSION]\Temporary ASP.NET Files
    • Delete all folders with names, corresponding to your Telerik projects, i.e. RadPanelBar, etc.
    • Delete your Visual Studio web project cache(s) - it should be located in C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR USER]\VSWebCache.
    • Delete your browser cache: Tools -> Internet Options -> Delete Files....
       
      

14. If you get a copyright message click here

    
    The copyright message appears only when using the trial version of Telerik RadPanelBar (the Developer versions of Telerik's controls do not throw copyright messages). Make sure you have downloaded the proper, Developer "DLL and Scripts only" file. You will recognize it by the Dev abbreviation in the file name.

5. Using the old ToolsFile.xml File and ConfigFile.xml file [valid for Telerik RadEditor and Telerik RadSpell only]

If you would like to use your old ToolsFile.xml and ConfigFile.xml files (which you backed up in #1 above), you can do so by copying them from the back-up to the RadControls\Editor folder (or RadControls\Spell respectively) of your web-application. When prompted to overwrite the other file, click "YES".

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