FW: upgrading to 5.0.13 (was Re: Why?)

[Charles Day]

 Inter-twined Outlook text reply
 
 Remember, today is the beginning of a six day holiday in Michigan 
 (Tues. & Wed. are for recuperation).  
 
> I find it odd that no one has replied to this post on the list...
 
If you knew us well, you would not think us odd.
  
> Is this not the correct forum for such questions?

Depends on which subject is on for the week.
  
 > 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?
 
Right on!
  
 > 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.
 
Secret stuff, eh?
  
 > Maybe my messages are just being blocked, and not everyone can see them?
 
 It may 'ave been too short.  
  
 > 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?
 
 Maybe.
 
 > I guess it could be that I'm the only one that monitors this list that 
 > uses native Windows filePro...?
 
No, but the rest of us get very confused by  111,856   Re:Why   messages. 
 
 > Or maybe I'm the only one who is curious about such things?
 
You should have left the subject as just plain  Re: Why?
 
After the 4th., hopefully, everyone will be busy again and the forum 
will return to abnormal (that assumes normal has been this week).  :-)
 
 > Or maybe NO ONE on native windows has upgraded to 5.0.13, and everyone 
 > else is waiting for the answers, too?
 
I have, as have several of my customers.  
 
I don't recall furnishing a hard drive serial # in the past year or 
so to obtain upgrades or new runtimes for 5.0.13.  I believe that 
requirement has changed.   
 
An authorization code is assigned which you download to the 
\FP\license folder which is looked to during the install.
 
 Anyway, have a bang up celebration of our succession from the mother country.
 
 Charles Day
 
> > 
> > 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!
> > >
> > 
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