Bud -
I won't argue with the fact that I wouldn't like the answer, but... How does the license configuration switcher work? It either has
to basically switch out the autocad versions, or intercept the license request and re-direct it somehow, right (and I'm guessing on
the prior)??
And as long as I'm asking stupid questions here's another one-
Could a person, in theory, install both a local copy, and a client deployment to the same machine (different install folders) and
get them both to run. I know that there will be problems with the registry and pathing, and that the install won't necessarily
"work" correctly. The reason I ask is because for R14 we used a network deployment (yes, thin client, exe's on the server). When I
switched to W2k, obviously I couldn't pull a license (adesksys.dll). I simply made a copy of our autocad installation tree (K:\R14)
to another folder (k:\acad14), replaced adesksys.dll, changed my shortcut (just the shortcut, I left the registry alone), and viola!
I understand that this would be an "unsupported" install, and I might have to deal with some licensing issues, but is it possible? I
don't really want to do this, but now I'm curious
tia
jason
"Bud Schroeder [ Autodesk Inc.]" wrote in message
news:D1CB5349555BCB084E17CEB25C21B895@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hee hee... Hi Jason,
>
> I could tell you, but you would not like the answer;-)... It's not just the
> registry or some files, it's all of AutoCAD. They are really different
> versions. So tweaking the registry will not do it. ACAD is designed to
> look for the server. That was why I said that it would be better to build
> redundant servers;-)...
>
> Take care.
>
> Bud
>