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Dennis Piccioni
4-Feb-2005, 08:59 AM
What OS is the server running?

Regards,
Dennis


-----Original Message-----
From: Glennbo [mailto:vdrums@swbell.net]
Posted At: Thursday, February 03, 2005 5:22 PM
Posted To: dataflex
Conversation: User Count Problem
Subject: RE: User Count Problem


The entity known as Dennis Piccioni, posted:

> Hi Glennbo,
>
> how many users is the license you are testing with licensed for? An
> unlimited user license will always report 0. What network operating
> system are you testing on?

Hi Dennis,

I've been testing with 4 user licenses. Right this moment I have
*FIVE* different computers all running from one *FOUR* user license,
and GET_CURRENT_USER_COUNT reports *ONE* user. The machines I'm
testing with are (3 - Windows XP SP2), (1 - Windows XP SP1), and
(1 - Windows 98). All five machines are running Dfruncon.exe




> The command GET_CURRENT_USER_COUNT always returns ZERO with
> Dfruncon.exe
>
> running on WindowsXP and Windows98. I just ran extensive tests with
> DF31C and with DF32. Both yield the exact same results.
>
> I know from reading the millions of other messages here and in the
> archive group about this *exact* problem that Data Access is aware
that
> this mechanism is broken, and ain't probably going to ever fix it.
>
> The problem here is that *I* am not the only one who stands to lose
> money due to this broken function, as in my testing I was also *QUITE
> ABLE* to
>
> spin up a multitude of Dfruncon.exe on a multitude of separate
> computers. As in *EXCEEDING* my licensed number of Dataflex users. I
> was able to spin up well over 4 users on a *four* user Dataflex. The
> other weird thing I'm seeing is that after the first user starts
> Dataflex, *ALL* subsequent users recieve a graphical "Maximum Number
> Of Users Exceded" error message, even though the DF license is a four
> user, and currently only has *one* user connected.
>
> I also tried using multiple copies of DF, both DF31C and DF32, as well

> as testing with my development Termlist.cfg and .dfr file, and testing

> with
>
> several other Termlist.cfg and .dfr files that are from my customers.
> All produced the same symptoms.
>
> So, has anybody got a sure fire way to count users with DF3X and
> Dfruncon.exe? I need to be able to limit my customers to the number
of
> seats they've bought from me, whether DAC cares that you can spin up a

> thousand users on a four user DF license or not.
>



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Glennbo
7-Feb-2005, 12:45 PM
The entity known as Dennis Piccioni, posted:

> What OS is the server running?

Windows XP Service Pack 2 in a peer to peer network, where the server also
is being used as a workstation. Same type of configuration that most of my
customers use.



> The entity known as Dennis Piccioni, posted:
>
>> Hi Glennbo,
>>
>> how many users is the license you are testing with licensed for? An
>> unlimited user license will always report 0. What network operating
>> system are you testing on?
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> I've been testing with 4 user licenses. Right this moment I have
> *FIVE* different computers all running from one *FOUR* user license,
> and GET_CURRENT_USER_COUNT reports *ONE* user. The machines I'm
> testing with are (3 - Windows XP SP2), (1 - Windows XP SP1), and
> (1 - Windows 98). All five machines are running Dfruncon.exe
>
>
>
>
>> The command GET_CURRENT_USER_COUNT always returns ZERO with
>> Dfruncon.exe
>>
>> running on WindowsXP and Windows98. I just ran extensive tests with
>> DF31C and with DF32. Both yield the exact same results.
>>
>> I know from reading the millions of other messages here and in the
>> archive group about this *exact* problem that Data Access is aware
> that
>> this mechanism is broken, and ain't probably going to ever fix it.
>>
>> The problem here is that *I* am not the only one who stands to lose
>> money due to this broken function, as in my testing I was also *QUITE
>> ABLE* to
>>
>> spin up a multitude of Dfruncon.exe on a multitude of separate
>> computers. As in *EXCEEDING* my licensed number of Dataflex users. I
>> was able to spin up well over 4 users on a *four* user Dataflex. The
>> other weird thing I'm seeing is that after the first user starts
>> Dataflex, *ALL* subsequent users recieve a graphical "Maximum Number
>> Of Users Exceded" error message, even though the DF license is a four
>> user, and currently only has *one* user connected.
>>
>> I also tried using multiple copies of DF, both DF31C and DF32, as well
>
>> as testing with my development Termlist.cfg and .dfr file, and testing
>
>> with
>>
>> several other Termlist.cfg and .dfr files that are from my customers.
>> All produced the same symptoms.
>>
>> So, has anybody got a sure fire way to count users with DF3X and
>> Dfruncon.exe? I need to be able to limit my customers to the number
> of
>> seats they've bought from me, whether DAC cares that you can spin up a
>
>> thousand users on a four user DF license or not.
>>
>
>
>



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/ ___/ / / __/ |/ / |/ / _ )/ __ \
/ (_ / /__/ _// / / _ / /_/ /
\___/____/___/_/|_/_/|_/____/\____/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Glennbo These go to eleven
Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo
Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/jambits