Version about to expire

[stuart_gall]

I spoke with a developer and he confirmed it should not expire before 10/16, and I do not know at this point what is causing the warning. The expiration is solely to keep people using more recent versions of our software as the software will continue to improve and evolve - upgrades to the PT3 line will not cost more. As there are clearly several people experiencing this problem we will certainly try to investigate further and attempt to determine what is causing these errors so far in advance of when the software should be expiring. It should continue to work until 10/16 - but if it does cease functioning the latest Beta will work immediately upon installation.

Well today it has expired and I can no longer run it.
I am in Europe by the way could it be a MM/DD vs DD/MM problem.

The Beta version installed ok. So I guess you should remove the release version from your downloads!

Another REALY BAD thing about the software expiring is that one cant do a backup of the DB's before upgrading.
I understand that beta software should and usually does expire, but I firmly believe that it is wrong for a release version to "expire"

[kraada]

I'll definitely discuss this with our development team - we normally plan to have a new stable version out long before any version expires (and this version shouldn't be expiring now from what I've been told), so we'll definitely do some investigating.

[stuart_gall]

I'll definitely discuss this with our development team - we normally plan to have a new stable version out long before any version expires (and this version shouldn't be expiring now from what I've been told), so we'll definitely do some investigating.

There is a locked sticky suggesting we download a new version.
I presume I should not do this if I have installed the beta version and the DB has been upgraded ?

If that is right maybe IMHO there should be a warning to that effect in the sticky.


Stuart

[kraada]

If you're on the Beta you should stay there; I'll edit the sticky. People on 3.06.2 with the expiration notice who want to stay on that version can download it again and the expiration should be gone now. If you've already upgraded it is not recommended to downgrade.