upgrading to 5.0.13 (was Re: Why?)

[R Murphey]

I find it odd that no one has replied to this post on the list...

Is this not the correct forum for such questions?

Or is such a relevant topic just not as interesting as how to properly 
quote in a reply e-mail, top-posting or bottom-posting, or what is the 
brainboost question du jour? Maybe if I'd put in a Harry Potter 
reference in the subject line?

There has been only one response, in private, to these questions. And 
even though the sender did not personally have filePro 5.0.13, they did 
care enough to send their thoughts. To that person, thank you... you 
know who you are.

Maybe my messages are just being blocked, and not everyone can see them?

I'm not using outlook, or outlook express, and they should be plain 
text, not html. In fact, I'm using mozilla to write this. Maybe I'd have 
a better chance of getting a response if I asked a mozilla question?

I guess it could be that I'm the only one that monitors this list that 
uses native Windows filePro...?

Or maybe I'm the only one who is curious about such things?

Or maybe NO ONE on native windows has upgraded to 5.0.13, and everyone 
else is waiting for the answers, too?

Anyway...
Thanks,

Rodney




R Murphey wrote:

> Walter Vaughan wrote:
>
>>
>> The unsaid issue here is that for Win32 native users, you need to 
>> license filePro to a specific hard drive volume ID. Not a problem if 
>> you have a one2one relationship between paid versions and 
>> installations. Problematic if you try and run fp on a computer and 
>> you don't have an activation key that that matches your hard disk's 
>> current volume ID. I believe 5.0.09 did not require that type of 
>> activation for Win32 users, which may be the reason for some to not 
>> move past that release point.
>>
>> -- 
>> Walter
>>
> Will someone please describe in more detail what it means to upgrade 
> to 5.0.13 native Windows?
>
> Does it mean that if you have the filePro executables on a server hard 
> drive, that you may not run them on a developer workstation at the 
> same time?
>
> Does it mean that if you upgrade your hard drive, you must receive a 
> new authentication key before you can run filePro?
>
> Seems like I remember something about splash screens loading before 
> you can use your programs. Is that true? What are the details?
>
> Thanks!
>