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A distributed edition of ABBYY FlexiCapture works with projects that are stored in the database on the Application Server. You can migrate from an earlier version to ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 in two ways. Finish processing every document still in your previous version before you upgrade. Any documents left in processing are lost.

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Connect to a database created in an earlier version of ABBYY FlexiCapture

After installing the ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 servers, use the Administration and Monitoring Console to connect to the earlier version’s database and file storage. Then update the database to the new version and continue working with it.
Completing these steps ends your ability to use the earlier version of ABBYY FlexiCapture.
Back up your old database and file storage location before you proceed. Those copies let you restore the earlier version if problems occur. For more information, see Create an ABBYY FlexiCapture backup.
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Finish processing in your earlier version of ABBYY FlexiCapture

  1. Complete the processing of all the batches that have already been registered in the system.
  2. Start the Administration and Monitoring Console.
  3. Select Settings → Cleanup to remove any redundant data.
  4. Select Monitoring → Sessions to make sure there are no open sessions. If you see any open sessions, close the clients where these sessions are running.
If you cannot close every client with an open session, disconnect the Application Server from the database instead. Clear the DBConnectionString value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABBYY\FlexiCapture\10.0 (or 11.0)\WebServices in the Windows registry, and then restart the World Wide Web Publishing Service in the services.msc snap-in.
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Connect to the earlier-version database

  1. Start the Administration and Monitoring Console of ABBYY FlexiCapture 12, select Settings → Application server, and click the Connect to Existing Database button.
  2. Specify the database server name, the database name, and the file storage path used by your earlier version. Click OK. For more information, see Connect to an existing database.
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Update the database to ABBYY FlexiCapture 12

After you connect to the database, an Upgrade link appears next to the name of the database on the Settings → Application server page. Click this link to update the database to the version used by ABBYY FlexiCapture 12.
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Update the projects on the Application Server

Start the Project Setup Station of ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 and open all of the projects on the Application Server, one by one. When you open an old project, it is updated to the version used by ABBYY FlexiCapture 12.

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Move projects created in an earlier version of ABBYY FlexiCapture to a new database

This route keeps your earlier version of ABBYY FlexiCapture working alongside version 12. Create a new database in ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 and move the projects you need into it.
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Export the projects from your earlier version

On the Project Setup Station of your earlier version, open each project on the Application Server in turn. Export it to the file system with Project → Export Project.Only the projects are exported, not the documents. Finish processing the documents in your earlier version first.
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Create a new database in ABBYY FlexiCapture 12

In the Administration and Monitoring Console of ABBYY FlexiCapture 12, create a new database and specify the path to the new file storage location. For detailed instructions, see Create a database.
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Update the projects and upload them to the Application Server

  1. On the Project Setup Station of ABBYY FlexiCapture 12, open the exported *.fcproj projects, one by one. When you open an old project, it is updated to the version used by ABBYY FlexiCapture 12.
  2. After a project is updated, upload it to the Application Server with File → Upload Project to Server on the Project Setup Station. For more information, see UploadProject.