Downloading updated software
Cardbox 3.0: Build 4299, 14-Jan-2012. (History)
Cardbox Server: Build 163, 14-Jan-2012. (History)
Why are updates needed?
From time to time we produce an updated release (or "build") of Cardbox or the Cardbox Server. There are three reasons for producing updates:
- To correct bugs in Cardbox. These are rare and usually minor.
- To provide additional features. From time to time enhancements are made to Cardbox, and an updated version is made available when this happens.
- To work round bugs in other software. Most of the "hard" problems with Cardbox that people report turn out to be the result of bugs or faulty documentation in other software components: sometimes in Windows but more often in other application programs or in device drivers. When it is possible to work round the problem by additional programming in Cardbox, we try to do so.
If an update is important enough to tell everyone about, we do so through the Cardbox News forum. We recommend that you subscribe to email alerts for this if you have not already done so.
If you contact us with a request for technical support and it appears possible that a bug may be involved, we may ask you to update to the latest build so that we can be sure that the problem is not one that has already been corrected.
Cardbox: Home and Professional Editions
Check your build number
To check the current build number of your copy of Cardbox, use the command Help > About Cardbox, and compare the build number you see there to the build number at the top of this page.
Alternatively, you can move the mouse onto the cardbox3.exe program file, right-click and select "Properties" from the menu that appears, then look at the Version tab of the Properties box. With some versions of Windows you don't even need to click: just hold the mouse over the filename for a few moments and the version information will appear.
Download
The download is the same for all editions of Cardbox: Home, Professional, and Cardbox Client.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer will ask you whether you want to run the file instcbox.exe or save it. We recommend that you choose "Run", because it's simplest.
Once you have chosen "Run", the file will be downloaded and Internet Explorer will ask you again whether you want to run it. Choose "Run", and the installation will begin.
Firefox
Firefox will ask you if you want to save the file instcbox.exe. Choose "Save File". The Downloads window will open, showing you the progress of the download.
When the download is complete, an entry for instcbox.exe will appear at the top of the Downloads window. Double-click on it.
Depending on your security settings, Firefox may ask you to confirm that you want to launch the executable file. Choose "OK".
Finally, it will ask you if you really want to run the downloaded file. Choose "Run", and the installation will begin.
Installation
Before you go any further: if Cardbox is open, close it.
Follow the instructions given on the screen. You will be asked to say where you want the updated software to be installed - the installer will suggest the folder where the original software was installed, and you should accept this.
All existing licence codes will be preserved from your existing installation of Cardbox 3.0, so there is no need to enter new licensing information.
Installation on a network
The same procedure will work unless you have a separate installation of Cardbox on each workstation. This is unusual: most people set up their Cardbox system so that there is only one shared copy of the program.
If you have a separate copy of Cardbox on each workstation, then save the Cardbox installer rather than running it directly. You can then run it separately on each workstation.
Cardbox Server
Check your build number
You can find the build number by looking at the front page of the Cardbox Server control in the Windows Control Panel: the build number is shown as the last part of the version number at the bottom right-hand corner: for example, "3.0.0.121" means build 121.
Download Cardbox Server Installer
Download
The download works in the same way as for the Cardbox installer. The filename of the Cardbox Server installer is instsvr.exe.
Installation
Before you go any further: if the Cardbox Server is running, shut it down.
Then follow the instructions given on the screen.
Note: You should run the Cardbox Server Installer on the actual computer on which the Cardbox Server itself is to run. It is not enough to install on a workstation and specify a directory on the server as a location, because there may be system settings to be made.
Cardbox Server - Linux
Download Cardbox Server for Linux
Installation