Kbase 14121: How to find serial numbers for installed Progress - V6, V7, V8 and V9 Products
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
8/19/2004 |
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Status: Verified
GOAL:
How to find the serial number for installed Progress products
FIX:
How to get a customer's serial number - V6, V7, V8 and V9
There are several different ways to determine the Progress Product Serial Number. This number is VERY IMPORTANT as it uniquely identifies the platform, the version and the licensed products.
For a Version 6 and higher license:
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'type' or 'more' the progress.cfg file. It has encrypted info, but you can read the serial number (note that most unix and VMS systems have the same command prompt "$").
unix $more $DLC/progress.cfg
VMS $type DLC:progress.cfg
dos/win DOS>type C:\dlc\progress.cfg
If the environment variable PROCFG is defined or set, you can access the progress.cfg file this way instead:
ie unix $more $PROCFG
VMS $type PROCFG
-OR-
If the user can get to the PROGRESS procedure editor, then enter the following 4GL code and run it:
DISPLAY _SERIAL.
For a Version 7 or higher license:
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You can still 'type' or 'more' the progress.cfg file, but now it has multiple serial numbers, which makes it harder to view. However, we provide a new executable 'showcfg' that displays this in a formatted fashion. The 4GL code
from the editor (display _serial) only shows the first serial number, so it's not as useful as it is in Version 6.
UNIX: $showcfg $DLC/progress.cfg
or if PROCFG env var is set $showcfg
On VMS, the logical PROCFG must be defined and pointed to the progress.cfg file.
VMS: $run bin:showcfg
or, you can define showcfg as a foreign command, and pass
it an argument:
$showcfg:==$bin:showcfg
$showcfg dlc:progress.cfg
or if PROCFG is defined, then
$showcfg
It should give all serial numbers associated with that cpu.