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#I unzipped the contents (on my Windows PC) into a partition I use just for software downloads. You don't have to have somewhere separate to the installation, but it is useful if you want to download on a separate device to the device where you will install your MX, or if you do any customisation of particular files and wish to keep copies of originals.
#I used a package that '''verifies the files it copies''' to duplicate the folder '''CumuluxMX''' onto the drive where I run Cumulus. I then noticed that the package contained some very obsolete copies of some external packages:
#*As downloaded, the MX 3.4.5 package contained obsolete vintage version 2.1.4 (2015-03-10) of Highstocks and Highcharts within the interface folder "'''\CumulusMX\interface\lib\highstock'''", so I downloaded latest versions from [https://www.highcharts.com/blog/download/ the Highstock link] and saved that on my partition I just use for software downloads. I then created a new folder obsolete within existing folder "\CumulusMX\interface\lib\highstock\js", moved the folders "modules" and "themes" that were in the existing folder into my new folder, and next I moved the various highstock and highchart files that were in this same existing folder into the obsolete folder. Now I navigated to the code folder within my new download, copied the files within it to "\CumulusMX\interface\lib\highstock\js" and then copied the folders "modules" and "themes" from that code download folder into replace the ones I moved out. So now (in March 2020) everything is related to Highstock version 8.04 released 10 March 2020. This matches the version I use with my own web pages on my web server.
#*As downloaded, "'''\CumulusMX\webfiles\lib\jquery'''" contained jQuery version 1.9.1, that is 2014 vintage and very obsolete, I already have the latest jQuery on my web server, so I did not need to put that new version into this webfiles\lib location, I just noted that this new path meant I ''may'' have to make some change on my web server later. If you do want to use a newer version of jQuery on your web site, you can download latest compressed production version from [https://jquery.com/download/ jQuery web site]. I prefixed the version in the MX package with the word OBSOLETE (OBSOLETEjquery-latest.min.js), you will find the latest version you download is called '''jquery-3.4.1.min.js'''. If you are using MX web pages, rename that new jQuery to "jquery-latest.min.js" to match the name that MX uses.
#* Other parts of the interface also had old versions of library software, but (because the interface uses json files to drive content of the various screens) I had no guarantee that its screens would work with later versions of the following libraries:
#** "\CumulusMX\interface\lib\jquery" contained the same old jQuery version 1.9.1, that is 2014 vintage and very obsolete, whether you update that or not is your choice, but there is no guarantee that the MX user interface will work fully with latest jQuery version.
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