AE/AO KB88736326 hotfix (Australia & New Zealand)

Release date—25 August 2022

Release notes

In this hotfix, we've addressed the following issues:

When selecting the tax-client search page, you'll see an error Select Return: error loading foxpro data: Unable to cast object of type ..... This is now fixed and you'll no longer see the error.
When searching for a client in the Find clients, you might have seen the error: System has encountered an error when trying to process search.Solution6.VPM.Client.ClientFrameWork.frmFind. This is now fixed.

Install guide

Follow the steps below to install the hotfix.

Prerequisites

You must have MYOB AE/AO version 5.4.44.100 installed. To check your current version, click Help > About.
Ensure you have administrator access to the server where MYOB AE/AO is installed.
Ensure all users are logged out of MYOB AE/AO.

Installing the hotfix

Go to my.MYOB and download the MYOB_AEAO_5.4.44_ANZ_Hotfix_KB88736326 file to your server location where you installed MYOB AE/AO.
Double-click the executable to start the installation.
In the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard window, click Next.
Select I accept the terms in the licence agreement. Click Next.
In Ready to install window, click Install to start the installation.
On the Install Completed window, click Finish.

Updating workstations

Workstations are updated automatically as part of this hotfix if auto-updates are enabled. If auto-updates are disabled in your environment, run a workstation install on all workstations.

Follow the steps for the product and setup you use:

Post-installation steps

Confirm a successful installation

On your server or workstation, go to the Central\Deploy folder.
Default server deploy folders:
- (AE) C:\MYOBAE\AESQL\Central\Deploy
- (AO) C:\MYOBAO\AOSQL\Central\Deploy
- (AE Framework) C:\Program Files (x86)\MYOB\CENTRAL\Deploy
Sort the folder by Date modified.
Find the following files and confirm the date modified:
AU NZ
MYOB.AF.POI.dll: 19/08/2022
MYOB.AF.DataAccess.dll: 19/08/2022
MYOB.Tax_Homepage.dll: 15/08/2022
MYOB.AF.POI.dll: 19/08/2022
MYOB.AF.DataAccess.dll: 19/08/2022