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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have a paid for single user version of fpODBC for windows (circa 2003… 1.0.13D09) that I have moved a few times from hard drive to hard drive as they failed or I needed the space.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe in the past all I have needed was to set the volumeID to the old hard drive and I was good to go.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I built a virtual XP-SP3 box because the current drive is failing rapidly and I need to use this windows version very infrequently, but when I need it I *<b>REALLY</b>* need it. I was expecting everything to just work, but I keep getting an error:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>*** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>On File: C:\fpodbc/fp/lib/licfp.dat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>lm error: No Licenses found for the product.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I know the file is there<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\>dir c:\fpodbc\fp\lib\licfp.dat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Volume in drive C has no label.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Volume Serial Number is 34BB-9E28<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Directory of c:\fpodbc\fp\lib<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>12/16/2003 11:15 AM 504 licfp.dat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 1 File(s) 504 bytes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 0 Dir(s) 121,926,111,232 bytes free<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And that it has the same label as the failing drive…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\>dir c:\fpodbc\fp\lib\licfp.dat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Volume in drive C has no label.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Volume Serial Number is 34BB-9E28<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Directory of c:\fpodbc\fp\lib<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>12/16/2003 11:15 AM 504 licfp.dat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 1 File(s) 504 bytes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 0 Dir(s) 36,484,276,224 bytes free<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>I did a binary match of the two license files and they look identical.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone have any ideas? I have slept since I did this last.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Old machine is WinXP_Pro not on domain, and new virtual machine is ON DOMAIN. Surely being on the domain shouldn’t cause this, and fp should not be able to bypass the BIOS to try and read through the sandbox to get at the physical drive’s volume.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I can run dprodir.exe (which does not check for licenses evidently )just fine. It sees all the files and has accurate record and field values, so I am pretty sure the .bat file is okay<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\fpodbc>type setenv.bat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>@echo off<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>rem This File created by install shield on 12-16-2003<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PFPROG=C:\fpodbc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PATH=%pfprog%;%PFPROG%\fp;%path%<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PFDSK=C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PFDATA=C:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PFDIR=\fpodbc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PFMENU=C:\fpodbc\fp\menus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PFGLOB=<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>set PFCONFIG=<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>echo stuff > fp$$$$$$.bat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>del fp$$*.bat>NUL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\fpodbc><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Was/is there a registry setting or something simple I am missing?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Walter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>