runtime vs development filepro

[Thomas Palmquist]

Walter Vaughan wrote:

> Frank7767 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> A customer must upgrade to 64 filepro users on a SCO UNIX system. 
>> They are running a 32 user 4.8 development filepro. Sue recommended a 
>> 64 user Runtime and a 5 user development system as the best solution.
>
>
> Well there you go. fpTech recommending a cost effective solution, 
> rather than just extracting every available dime.
>
> You can have 64 people running "r" programs (rclerk/rreport), and up 
> to five people running dclerk/dreport with debugging ability (-db).
>
> Shirley you don't have 32 users running in debug mode, and more than 5 
> developers at a time on the system.
>
> The only thing that seems to bite once is a while is license con- 
> currency. Under certain conditions in the past (and it may exist 
> today) if you had someone in "d" program, and someone tried to run a 
> "r" program it would look at the license count for the lower amount 
> (typically the "d" value) and complain about exceeding user count when 
> you had scores of unused "r" license slots.
>
> -- 
> Walter
>
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Walter,

I just noticed your posted reply about runtime/development.  I must 
suggest that you do not have the licensing correctly defined.

When you install a 5 user development and a 64 user runtime.  You 
install the Development first then the runtime.  All the programs on the 
right of the main menu are now licensed for 64 users - that includes 
dclerk/dreport and rclerk/rreport.  The rcabe/ddefine/dscreen/dmoedef 
side of the menu - Development is limited to 5 users.  So you can debug 
using the dclerk under the 64 user license with no problems.

I have a system under Linux that has a 1 user development license (an 
option not available to an upgrading user) and a 16 user runtime.  It 
allows one user to develop and allows 16 users to be using the dreport 
at the same time. 

Nancy