FilePro Questions?

[George Simon]

I'm running 5.0.14 and it doesn't have the license manager.  At least the
version I have, does not have it.  I think 5.0.15 is the first version with
it.
Like you, the license manager is stopping me from upgrading a boat load of
customers to 5.6 or 5.7.
Just not worth the aggravation.  If something goes wrong with the license
manager the customers are going to be calling me, not fpTech, to solve their
problem.

-----Original Message-----
From: filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com
[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com]
On Behalf Of brian at aljex.com
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:35 PM
To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: Re: FilePro Questions?

5.0.13 is the last version without the license manager and the last version
we will run. We tried newer versions and the manager injected more and worse
problems than any of the improvements took away. As much as I'd like some of
the features, the license manager makes it a non-starter.

--
bkw

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jay Ashworth" <jra at baylink.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 7:53pm
To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: Re: FilePro Questions?

----- Original Message -----
> From: melancon at cajun.net

> Gulf Island QC is having problems with losing network connection and 
> FilePro not handling it too well. Had some missing or corrupt data.

Yup; database apps are singularly intolerant of network problems, "reliable
transport" or no.

> IT claims the version of FilePro we are running is old and needs to be 
> upgraded.

Maybe, but not for this reason.

> I feel it may be hardware such as a bad switch that could possibly 
> causing the problem. Some user are having more problems than others.

You are almost certainly correct.

Download WinMTR and run it on each workstation against the IP of the
fileserver, for, say, 5-10 minutes per machine.  Any problems should be
immediately apparent.
 
> Would upgrade to FilePro 5.7 help improve network communications? 

No.

> Is my 5.0 not capable of dealing with newer servers?

There are some very uncommon circumstances where you might see specific
network apps have trouble with newer file servers, but if your *client* OSs
are up to date as well, it's maybe .01% or less.

> Should I upgrade to 5.7?

Now, this is a much more nuanced question.

Since, unlike Ken, I am *not* employed by FPtech, I can point out that
5.0.14 is probably the last version *before* all the crappy stupid license
manager garbage got included.  [Checks]  No, I'm wrong; 5.0.14
*has* it, so there's probably no reason except money not to upgrade.

> Can I still use 5.0, now that Window 7 is here?

I'm relatively certain that answer's yes as well.

> I appreciate any feedback? I truly feel there is nothing wrong with my
> 5.0 version and IT is just making excuses.......

Off the top of my head, I agree with you, but you failed to mention one very
important fact for the diagnosis:

Was your network *functioning well on all the OSs and hardware it's
currently on, and then went downhill*?

Or did something get upgraded, and *then* everything went in the toilet?

Cheers,
-- jra
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