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#76081 by joshhuggins
Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:18 pm
When we received our v21 License info each license had it's own license password in addition to the Customer Password. I had already activated my license using our existing customer passwords like we had in previous versions. It seems to be working fine, any reason I should use each unique license password vs our customer password? I like being able to just have one password to remember.

Is the DCADWIN.lfx file the only file that stores our license info now? I sync my Datacad folder between home and work and I removed that file from the sync and my seats seem to be staying activated now.

I was still seeing this in v21.00.00.08 when my licenses were being deactivated.
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#76093 by Mark F. Madura
Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:28 pm
You can use your Customer Password to activate any of your licenses. Alternatively, for security purposes, each of your DataCAD licenses has a unique License Activation Password which can be used for activation instead of your Customer Password. You can provide the unique license activation passwords to your employees.

Some of the lines in DCADWIN.msg differ between DataCAD 20 and 21.

DataCAD 20:

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604|" with varying widthsª
605| Hatchedª
606| Pattern= ª
607| Filledª
608|Anyª
609|Clip Cube Base: ª
610|Clip Cube Height: ª
611|Unable to find the DataCAD Materials file "ª
612| - ª | Separator between Toolbar Name and Toolbar Filename
613|Material file "ª
614|" loaded.ª
615| material files loaded.ª
616|Material "ª
617|" assigned to color "ª


DataCAD 21:

603|< EXCLUDE >ª
604|" with varying widthsª
605|https://datacad.softwarekey.com/solo/products/Author.aspx?AuthorID=3726469ª
606|Buy DataCAD Onlineª
607|Go to the DataCAD online ordering page.ª
608|Activate DataCADª
609|I've already purchased and would like to activate DataCAD.ª
610|Evaluate DataCAD
611|You have ª
612| days left to evaluate DataCAD.ª
613|Exitª
614|Helpª
615|Your trial period has expired.ª
616|This license installation has been successfully deactivated.ª
617|Your license has been successfully validated.ª
618|The License ID and Password you entered are not a valid Subscription License.ª
619|Use the License ID and Activation Password given to you.ª
620|Please note that an Internet connection is required. ª
621|If you encounter an error, please double-check that the License ID and Password are correct, ª
622|and temporarily disable any personal firewalls you may have installed.ª
623|License ID:ª
624|Password:ª
625|Installation Name:ª
626|Please enter an Installation Name.ª
627|Cancelª
628|Activateª
629|Proxyª
630|Proxy Server:ª
631|Example: 192.168.1.1:8080ª
632|User Name:ª
633|Password:ª
634|Please enter a License ID.ª
635|The License ID may only contain numbers.ª
636|Please enter a Password.ª
637|Please enter a value for the proxy server and port.ª
638|Validation with the license server is required in ª
639| days.ª
640|Validation with the license server is required to continue.ª
641|Please make sure you are connected to the Internet prior to running DataCAD.ª
642|DataCAD Registration Informationª
643|Customer ID:ª
644|Company:ª
645|First:ª
646|Last:ª
647|Street:ª
648|Suite:ª
649|City:ª
650|State / Province:ª
651|Zip / Postal Code:ª
652|Country:ª
653|E-Mail:ª
654|Phone:ª
655|https://datacad.softwarekey.com/solo/customers/Default.aspx?AuthorID=ª
656|Customer Portalª
657|Installation Name:ª
658|This DataCAD Subscription has expired!ª
659|This DataCAD Subscription will expire in ª
660|There is an update to DataCAD available!ª
661|The Installation ID for this computer is no longer valid due to ª
662|hardware changes since this license was last activated.ª
663|Would you like to reactivate your license on this computer now?ª
664|Invalid Installation ID:ª
665|There are no activations remaining for this License ID.ª
666|Would you like to go to the License Portal to de-activate a remote installation?ª
667|You have entered an invalid License ID and/or Password.ª
668|The status of this License is invalid.ª
669|This License has expired.ª
670|Invalid system Date/Time. Please correct your system's clock and try again.ª
671|&LoginMethod=CustomerID&LoginValue=ª
672|Are you sure you want to deactivate this installation ª
673|Please enter a valid IP address (or hostname) and port for your Proxy Server.ª
674|Please enter a port number for the Proxy Server.ª
675|The license file associated with this installation is invalid.ª
676|Please contact DataCAD Technical Support via phone at +1 (860) 217-0567ª
677|or via e-mail at help@datacad.com for further assistance.ª
678|An active internet connection is required for this operation.ª
679|Also please verify that DataCAD is not being blocked by any firewalls.ª
680|DEACTIVATEª
681|https://www.datacad.com/activate/index.htmlª
682|Step 1: Enter your License ID and Password and click Generate Request:ª
683|Generate Requestª
684|Step 2: Copy the activation request and paste it into the activation web page:ª
685|Copyª
686|Open Activation Pageª
687|Step 3: Paste the response from the activation web page and click Activate:ª
688|Pasteª
689|The License ID/Password you entered is not valid for this version of DataCAD.ª
690|Clip Cube Base: ª
691|Clip Cube Height: ª

692|Your previous license will now be reactivated.
693|R2018-R2019 DWG Files (*.DWG)|*.dwg|ª
694|R2018-R2019 DXF Files (*.DXF)|*.dxf|ª
695| Hatchedª
696| Pattern= ª
697| Filledª
698|Anyª
699|Unable to find the DataCAD Materials file "ª
700| : ª | Separator between Toolbar Name and Toolbar Filename
701|Material file "ª
702|" loaded.ª
703| material files loaded.ª
704|Material "ª
705|" assigned to color "ª

706|Enter the weight of the cursor in pixels (2-9): ª
#76094 by joshhuggins
Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:57 pm
Thanks Mark. I had a mix of those 2 but I am sure it's my own doing. I like to keep my Datacad install for each version at C:\Datacad so I don't have to repath a ton of stuff but the install won't install to a previous versions directory (for good reasons I am sure :lol: ). So in order to do that I rename my C:\Datacad directory to C:\Datacad X, run v20's uninstaller, install v21, delete that v21 C:\Datacad folder, rename the C:\Datacad X folder back to C:\Datacad and then I ran the v21 repair thinking it would reinstall everything over to get all the main new goodies into my v20 directory. I'll change up my process next time and use Ultracompare to compare the core files between the versions so I don't miss anything next time. Thanks again! :D

Code: Select all603|< EXCLUDE >ª
604|" with varying widthsª
605|https://datacad.softwarekey.com/solo/products/Author.aspx?AuthorID=3726469ª
606|  Pattern= ª
607|  Filledª
608|Anyª
609|Clip Cube Base: ª
610|Clip Cube Height: ª
611|You have ª
612| days left to evaluate DataCAD.ª
613|Exitª
614|Helpª
615|Your trial period has expired.ª
616|This license installation has been successfully deactivated.ª
617|Your license has been successfully validated.ª
618|The License ID and Password you entered are not a valid Subscription License.ª
619|Use the License ID and Activation Password given to you.ª
620|Please note that an Internet connection is required. ª
621|If you encounter an error, please double-check that the License ID and Password are correct, ª
622|and temporarily disable any personal firewalls you may have installed.ª
623|License ID:ª
624|Password:ª
625|Installation Name:ª
626|Please enter an Installation Name.ª
627|Cancelª
628|Activateª
629|Proxyª
630|Proxy Server:ª
631|Example: 192.168.1.1:8080ª
632|User Name:ª
633|Password:ª
634|Please enter a License ID.ª
635|The License ID may only contain numbers.ª
636|Please enter a Password.ª
637|Please enter a value for the proxy server and port.ª
638|Validation with the license server is required in ª
639| days.ª
640|Validation with the license server is required to continue.ª
641|Please make sure you are connected to the Internet prior to running DataCAD.ª
642|DataCAD Registration Informationª
643|Customer ID:ª
644|Company:ª
645|First:ª
646|Last:ª
647|Street:ª
648|Suite:ª
649|City:ª
650|State / Province:ª
651|Zip / Postal Code:ª
652|Country:ª
653|E-Mail:ª
654|Phone:ª
655|https://datacad.softwarekey.com/solo/customers/Default.aspx?AuthorID=ª
656|Customer Portalª
657|Installation Name:ª
658|This DataCAD Subscription has expired!ª
659|This DataCAD Subscription will expire in ª
660|There is an update to DataCAD available!ª
661|The Installation ID for this computer is no longer valid due to ª
662|hardware changes since this license was last activated.ª
663|Would you like to reactivate your license on this computer now?ª
664|Invalid Installation ID:ª
665|There are no activations remaining for this License ID.ª
666|Would you like to go to the License Portal to de-activate a remote installation?ª
667|You have entered an invalid License ID and/or Password.ª
668|The status of this License is invalid.ª
669|This License has expired.ª
670|Invalid system Date/Time. Please correct your system's clock and try again.ª
671|&LoginMethod=CustomerID&LoginValue=ª
672|Are you sure you want to deactivate this installation ª
673|Please enter a valid IP address (or hostname) and port for your Proxy Server.ª
674|Please enter a port number for the Proxy Server.ª
675|The license file associated with this installation is invalid.ª
676|Please contact DataCAD Technical Support via phone at +1 (860) 217-0567ª
677|or via e-mail at help@datacad.com for further assistance.ª
678|An active internet connection is required for this operation.ª
679|Also please verify that DataCAD is not being blocked by any firewalls.ª
680|DEACTIVATEª
681|https://www.datacad.com/activate/index.htmlª
682|Step 1: Enter your License ID and Password and click Generate Request:ª
683|Generate Requestª
684|Step 2: Copy the activation request and paste it into the activation web page:ª
685|Copyª
686|Open Activation Pageª
687|Step 3: Paste the response from the activation web page and click Activate:ª
688|Pasteª
689|The License ID/Password you entered is not valid for this version of DataCAD.ª
690|Clip Cube Base: ª
691|Clip Cube Height: ª
692|Your previous license will now be reactivated.
693|R2018-R2019 DWG Files (*.DWG)|*.dwg|ª
694|R2018-R2019 DXF Files (*.DXF)|*.dxf|ª
695|  Hatchedª
696|  Pattern= ª
697|  Filledª
698|Anyª
699|Unable to find the DataCAD Materials file "ª
700| : ª  | Separator between Toolbar Name and Toolbar Filename

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