Subject Re: dBase 2019 install from CD From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:31:23 -0800 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 1/27/2023 2:04 PM, Eric Logan wrote: > On 1/27/2023 10:31 AM, Ken Mayer wrote: >> On 1/27/2023 10:18 AM, Eric Logan wrote: >>> Hello; >>> I bought and received the dBase 2019 CD. With the CD is a slip of >>> paper with an invoice number and a note including this text: >>> "Thank you for your order of dBase 2019 Installation CD/DVD. This >>> DOES NOT include the software license for dBase 2019. Place the CD in >>> your player and wait for it to start." >>> (This seems to me to be pretty sparse information.) >>> Can someone explain to me how the license is acquired and activated? >> >> Contact: dBase Customer Service -- customerservice@dbasellc.com >> >> You should have, with your order, gotten an email, but maybe not. I >> didn't know CDs were still being shipped. Most people just download it >> fro the dBase, LLC website. >> >> Ken >> > Yes, I have the document with the activation license ID and password. I > downloaded the installer. (I also bought the CD.) Most of my data and > progs reside on a server but my workstation is getting old. I feel safer. > I have a question; if I have the BDE and ODBC already configured from a > previous version, and I install v2019, will dBase link to the BDE and > ODBC? It seems to me that they do. Of course there are setting in dBase > that must be re-set. > Thanks for advice. If you have the BDE aliases set up then you may not need to do anything for dBASE to recognize them ... Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm dBASE DOS to Windows Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/DtoWTutorial/00_Menu.htm