Legacy (Version 6 or 7) Client Programs Cannot Connect to a Standalone Edition of Laserfiche 8.

August 8, 2014 | KB: 1012159
Laserfiche 8

Summary

When using a legacy client program (version 6 or 7) to connect to a Laserfiche 8 standalone repository, you may receive the following error message:

    Error 6000

Resolution 1

This issue is resolved in Laserfiche 8.1 and later. Please upgrade to the latest version of Laserfiche.

Resolution 2

There is a hotfix available for standalone editions of Laserfiche 8.0.2. The fix includes updated versions of LfroServ.dll (version 8.0.2.825) and lfs.exe (version 8.0.2.835).

To update Laserfiche Server 8.0.2

  1. Close any open instances of Laserfiche.
  2. Click one of the following links to download either the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of the hotfix.

    Hotfix_SCR34779_win32.zip

    Hotfix_SCR34779_x64.zip

  3. Replace your existing version of lfs.exe and LfroServ.dll with the updated versions included in the zip file. By default, the files are located in "C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\Server."
  4. Copy the two .sql files into the sql subfolder located in the installation folder. By default, the path is "C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\Server\sql."