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The Servoy Developer can be updated from within the IDE. This chapter presents the available options for updating the Developer.

Checking for Updates on Startup

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  • A list of available updates will show on the wizard, and you the user can select or deselect the items you they wish to update.
  • Follow the steps in the wizard, including accepting new license agreements, to complete the update. 
  • When finished, select from the following restart options (see image), as needed: Not Now, Apply Changes, or Restart Now.

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    Note: Upon restarting the updated Servoy version, you the Servoy Repository will be prompted to upgrade the Servoy Repository to continue. Confirm that you wish to proceed be upgraded before continuing to the Developer. Confirm to proceed upgrading (it is recommended that you to create a backup of the repository before you do soRepository prior to the upgrade). Another restart is required after this step.

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Enabling Updates to Release Candidate Versions

By default, Servoy checks for Developer updates only on final version releases. To update to release candidate versions, an option needs to be enabled from Preferences page, under Window menu.

There is a list of Available Software Sites under Window > Preferences > Install/Update > Available Software Sites where the Servoy update sites are listed as well. The Servoy Developer updates are retrieved from these sites.

There are two main Servoy update sites:

  • The Servoy update site - under which the final releases will be found
  • The Servoy Release Candidate Update Site - under which the release candidate releases will be found

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  • ; to get updates from this site, the option needs to be enabled.