Corel 8 patches

[Jerry]

I reloaded coreldraw 8 suite from the disks and then tried to use the update
patch (service pack 2). It said that I needed 8.369. So I went to
coreldraw/photopaint and looked under help/about and it said that I have
version 8.369. I tried to apply the patch again and I got a dialog box
that said "if you have version 8.232, you must install the b revision 8.369
first" and then the patch terminates. IT SAYS THAT I ALREADY HAVE 8.369 IN
THE ABOUT SECTION. Steve is right. You guys want everyone to upgrade to 9,
so you drag your snowshoes when it comes to upgrade patches. I have been on
the CorelDraw bandwagon since coreldraw3. Can't you people produce a proper
patch?

canadians, feh
Jerry

"Steeve" <ste...@eps.mcgill.ca> wrote in message
news:38318565...@eps.mcgill.ca...
>
> "Jerry Sanderson [C_Tech]" wrote:
> >
> > There are a number of patches available for various things; are you
> > sure you have the appropriate one? What version of Draw do you have as
> > shown in Help/About, and what's the URL of the patch you downloaded?
>
> None of the following is directed at any of the Corel
> Technical support people, all of whom have shown
> remarkable patience considering the idiocy behind
> the design of the product that they support.
>
> <RANT>
>
> I'm rewriting this reply because the language of my
> original was beyond that of acceptable use on Usenet.
>
> I've applied these patches UMPTEEN times. Nearly every
> time I try to apply a patch something goes wrong. Today
> I tried to update one of the machines in the department.
> The patch failed. Some file or other on the hard disk had
> a different version from that expected by the patch even
> though I was applying patch 232-369 to a version of CorelDraw
> 8 level 232. So now I uninstall CorelDraw 8 (which seems
> to be the only solution to this ridiculous problem) and
> immediately install two patches that take twenty minutes
> each to apply. Why the level 2 patch wasn't combined into
> the first patch is beyond me. Microsoft !#@$!@# logic
> is what that seems to be; make the patching process so
> tedious that one is forced to buy into the so-called
> upgrade.
>
> I'm am just so bloody sick of Corel installation programs.
> God help the Corel Linux venture if the same logic is
> used for the linux install programs. For now I'll stick
> with Redhat rpm's.
>
> </RANT>
>
> --
> :wq

[Jerry Sanderson [C_Tech]]

>I reloaded coreldraw 8 suite from the disks and then tried to use the update
>patch (service pack 2). It said that I needed 8.369.

When you uninstalled the suite, did you manually delete the entire directory
with all its contents? The uninstaller only removes the files recorded during
installation, so there are usually a few INI and workspace files left
over--and the patch could be looking at one of them and deciding it's the
wrong version.

Jerry
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