upgrading to 5.0.13 (was Re: Why?)

[Walter Vaughan]

R Murphey wrote:
>> 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?

I cannot address that issue because I only have a single user ODBC license.

>> Does it mean that if you upgrade your hard drive, you must receive a 
>> new authentication key before you can run filePro?

It appears that a backup key is generated when you start filePro
and that key will allow you to run for a period of time. I *believe* 
it's 14 days, so even if you have to restore to a new drive with a 
different volume ID, you have a few days to get a new key built. It 
takes someone human at fpTech to reset your ability to get a new key, 
but it's not an impossible situation.

One would hope that the methodology to generate keys is in some sort of 
escrow that allow for the release into the public domain in the event of 
the demise of fpTechnologies.

>> Seems like I remember something about splash screens loading before 
>> you can use your programs. Is that true? What are the details?

Uh, a screen similar to this appears for one second...

filePro version
This software is registered to:
	Steele Rubber Products, Inc.
Serial #
User count: 1

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Walter