Getting my fp license to work

Sun Jun 4 20:10:14 PDT 2017

This may be a bit late,  if you have a paid license for 5.0.15this can be downloaded from the FP web-site with a valid license.  The only thing you may need to do is supply them with the new serial # or whatever was used to tie filePro to your system.

Run through the install, and allow the install program to set up the license manager.

As an aside, I know this is not what you or your company wants to hear, but I would suggest upgrading to the latest version of filePro as there have been many improvements to the license manager.  I have not had any problems on my system or my client’s systems.  Keep in mind that I am running versions of filePro all the back to 4.0.  I do have issues with some of the DLL files as they are 32 bit and will not run on my 64bit OS.

At 2 of my clients I have both the 32 and 64bit versions installed as some of the computers are running 32bit versions of Windows 7 and other are 64bit Windows 7, 8.1, or 10.

I have one filePro database mirrored to a 64 Bit Windows 7 machine.

I have two servers, One running Windows Server 2008 the other Windows Server 2012.  I have filePro installed on both machines with the 2012 version pointing the license manager on the 2008 machine.  The 2012 machine is for testing purposes, as least for now.

I will  most likely mirror all of the databases I work with to the 2012 server.  This is protection if my 2008 server goes down.  Installing a new license is fairly easy as I have created that service a number of times manually.  The main issue I have, when upgrading using the install routine 

Is forgetting to stop the current service.

Richard Kreiss

From: Richard Hane [mailto:yoresoft at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Saturday, June 3, 2017 2:22 PM
To: Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at verizon.net>
Cc: Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at gccconsulting.net>; wrandall at fptech.com; Filepro List <filepro-list at celestial.com>; Filepro Support <fpsupport at fptech.com>
Subject: Re: Getting my fp license to work

Richard,

I just checked on the server and there are no files that start with fplm or fp_lm.

This is so critical that I will contact fpsupport.  Also, the install cd we have is fpODBC 1.0.13.  During the years we upgraded to 5.0.15.

fp support, please contact me at my cell 815-575-0864.  As we only have 2 days left on the license.  I do not have a support agreement but will pay the billing rate.

Thanks for your help Richard.

Thank you all,

Rick Hane

On Saturday, June 3, 2017 1:04 PM, Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at verizon.net <mailto:rkreiss at verizon.net> > wrote:

If memory service 5.0.15 and above required a license. Fp support or sales can tell you if you have the proper license. 

As far as I can see, the license is backward compatible. I have 5.8, 5.7 and lower running on my system. The only time I have an issuers with versions below 5.0 and 64bit OS. 

Richard
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 3, 2017, at 10:24 AM, Richard Hane via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com <mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> > wrote:
> 
> Thank you Richard,
> I have downloaded the files and will try a little later when I remote in to Deluxe.
> However, since you mentioned the fplmservice I again ask if I have the correct license for this OLD version of fp.  To my knowledge we have never had a service for filepro other then a short test of FP GUI many yes ago.
> I have been using filepro for over 35 years and without doubt this is the most difficult install of fp I have ever had.
> Thanks again,Rick Hane
> 
> 
>    On Friday, June 2, 2017 10:19 PM, Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at gccconsulting.net <mailto:rkreiss at gccconsulting.net> > wrote:
> 
> 
> Attached are the sc command options and a the sample file for creating the service.
> 
> Be aware that spaces are very important.  I suggest that you make a copy of the batch file and then rename it to use for setting your own options.
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
>> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com <mailto:verizon.net at lists.celestial.com> ] On Behalf Of Bill Randall via
>> Filepro-list
>> Sent: Friday, June 2, 2017 5:28 PM
>> To: Richard Hane <yoresoft at sbcglobal.net <mailto:yoresoft at sbcglobal.net> >; Filepro List <filepro-
>> list at celestial.com <mailto:list at celestial.com> >
>> Subject: Re: Getting my fp license to work
>> 
>> Copy the license to the ~/fp/lib directory and make sure you rename it to
>> licfp.dat
>> 
>> This is explained in more detail on our website under Support/Resources
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6/2/2017 5:03 PM, Richard Hane via Filepro-list wrote:
>>> So after a very bad week, we finally loss one of our servers.  As it
>>> turns out this help filePro ODBC 16 user 5.0.19D9 So after several emails I
>> finally was able to download a new license file from the fp site.
>>> So here I am, I have installed fp off our cd on our new server.  How do I install
>> the lic. file.  I know fp is looking for a file called licfp.dat.  That is not the name
>> of the file I was able to download.
>>> If you can help, please respond this weekend as I need to get fp back up by
>> Monday AM.
>>> ThanksRick Hane
>>> 
>>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was
>>> scrubbed...
>>> URL:
>>> <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20170
>>> 602/e0cf27c3/attachment.html>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Filepro-list mailing list
>>> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com <mailto:Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> 
>>> Subscribe/Unsu

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20170604/681bb3f8/attachment.html>