Woo hoo! It worked! I have never had to re-license LC before, but I did it. You generate an offline file, tell LC that you want to re-licence - it than quits. You turn off the internet (I assumed this would avoid confusion), relaunch LC and choose manual activation. Bingo!
Thanks to Brian and Jacque for all their help. Now I can go back to the usual business of making mistakes in my coding and design… Graham > On 11 Apr 2020, at 16:08, Brian Milby via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Should be able to relicense the IDE. If it keeps using the wrong one, > generate a key for the correct one on the web site and use that to license > the product. > > Thanks, > Brian > On Apr 11, 2020, 8:29 AM -0400, Graham Samuel via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: >> Jaque thanks - this has not solved it yet, but i’m sure you’re on to >> something. When I delete the revStandaloneSettings, save the stack and >> re-open it, LC itself simply restores the set to what it was before. If I >> look closely at the actual properties in the set, I find quite a bit about >> Windows, Mac and Linux, but nothing at all about mobile platforms. I am >> wondering now if this is to do with licensing. According to my entry on the >> LC web site, my copy of 9.5.1 has a licence for six platforms, i.e. >> >> Mac valid for all versions >> Windows valid for all versions >> Linux valid for all versions >> iOS valid for all versions >> Android valid for all versions >> Server valid for all versions >> >> BUT for some quirky reason, the LC web site shows I’ve got another copy of >> 9.5.1 where I have only HTML5 validity, and suggests I pay for the other >> platforms! As far as I know I really only have one licence, so that should >> now count for seven platforms. But maybe my prefs are based on the HTML-only >> licence - certainly the HTML button works in the Standalone Settings General >> window. >> >> I’m not sure I can do anything about this without the mother ship, and they >> are presumably at home trying to enjoy their Easter holidays at home (It’s a >> four day weekend in the UK and there’s total lockdown), but I’ll try. >> >> Thanks for the excellent suggestion - it’s a new path, anyway. >> >> Stay safe >> >> Graham >> >>> On 10 Apr 2020, at 22:51, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 4/10/20 12:42 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: >>>> Thanks Jacque, but that’s the trouble - I can’t turn them off. I thought >>>> of trashing the LC Preferences to see if that does anything, but I >>>> couldn’t find them: I think they are in the plist, which is in the >>>> Preferences in the system library. I tried temporarily switching this off >>>> (by renaming the file and starting LC) - it stopped LC fully loading (not >>>> surprising really). I restored the plist and LC had forgotten some stuff >>>> like recent stacks. I checked that the mobile preference pane still has >>>> its green square and can see XCode, but the Standalone Settings still does >>>> not respond to mouse clicks to remove the non-mobile platforms or to >>>> choose mobile. >>> >>> Your LC prefs are in your user library at /Users/<your >>> name>/Library/Preferences/RunRev/livecode7.rev. I'm not sure prefs are >>> related here though. >>> >>> I'd first try removing the stored standalone settings, which are stored in >>> the stack itself. Use the property inspector to check the custom properties >>> of the stack. There should be a property set named "revStandaloneSettings". >>> Try deleting that set and starting over. >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
