| personal license problem [message #52709] |
Mon, 26 February 2007 09:44  |
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Registered: September 2005
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I am trying to install idl 6.3 on my winxp laptop.
Anyone come across this error when trying to
set up a personal license?
I get the following error message (when running
the license wizard)
[ searching for root directory]
unable to obtain a parent folder name.
Then the license app exits.
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| Re: personal license problem [message #52745 is a reply to message #52709] |
Thu, 01 March 2007 13:12  |
Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
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Bob,
my license works as advertised by David, too. No problems at all. And ITTVIS
better not change this. Your license sounds terribly painful. What if you
switch computers? Between Laptop, Lab PC, and Desktop PC one is replaced
about every year. It seems unfair that the paying customer base has to live
with these issues, while others go out on the internet searching for a
hassle-free solution to license IDL. But we all know: Life's unfair. :-)
Haje
"R.G. Stockwell" <no@email.please> wrote in message
news:45e726ec$0$25773$815e3792@news.qwest.net...
> "David Fanning" <news@dfanning.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.2050d19527d08b3e989e9d@news.frii.com...
>> R.G. Stockwell writes:
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>>> It seems like, under windows, the personal use license is really
>>> just 3 node-locked licenses.
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>> I don't think so. At least I've never had any trouble.
>> I've traveled with various laptops over the years and I
>> always just install IDL on the laptop and copy the personal use
>> license file over from my office machine and off I go. Never
>> a minute's trouble.
>
> Really? Hmmmm. That exact thing did not work for me.
> I have two distinct license files on my two computers
> (desktop and laptop). Both have "personal use licenses".
> Both are win xp and idl 6.3. Very odd. In fact, I don't want
> to go into details, but I have a very specific hardware related
> item in my license.
>
> Perhaps they have changed the way they handle personal
> use licenses now that ITTVIS is in charge, so one license
> does not give "unlimited" use. And perhaps you are
> grandfathered in with the old style license.
>
> I have no problem with needing to request a new installation
> with the IDL folks, but if i remember correctly, it is limited to
> 3 total licenses. Which is kind of a bummer since I personally
> have 4 computers (2 desktops 2 laptops).
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> bob
>
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| Re: personal license problem [message #52809 is a reply to message #52709] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 14:19 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Kenneth Bowman writes:
> I raised another issue that I think is important for the IDL community. They
> have set up IDL and ENVI forums accessible through their web site
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> http://www.ittvis.com/forum/choosecategory.asp
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> In my view this leads to the creation of two separate user communities,
> one that uses this group, and one that uses their forums.
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> I am wondering whether there might be a technical solution to this, or
> whether we need to think about moving this discussion to their web site,
> and whether they would feel obligated to moderate (censor) postings
> in their forum, among other things.
Maybe it's just me, but I find web-browser based forums like
this clunky to use. The interface just gets in the way too much.
(Maybe I'm just wedded to my newsgroup browser.) It gives me
a very limited view of what is available to me, and I spend too
much time hitting the BACK button. I already waste too much time
hanging around the newsgroup. Wasting more navigating a forum
like this doesn't appeal to me.
> Perhaps we need to keep a free and independent channel, but I don't really want
> to spend the time going through two different user forums.
I think it very unlikely that you would have a free and independent
channel on a vendor site. But I don't think we can even decide. The
Internet is too diffuse and non-centrally organized. Groups will
form, and information will get out, despite all efforts to control
it. In the end, people will congregate where their questions get
answered. I know which user forum I would bet on, if I were a betting
kind of person. I'd go where the jokes are. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: personal license problem [message #52813 is a reply to message #52709] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 10:14 |
Paul Van Delst[1]
Messages: 1157
Registered: April 2002
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Kenneth Bowman wrote:
> In article <MPG.2052041193a1558e989ea8@news.frii.com>,
> David Fanning <news@dfanning.com> wrote:
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> ITT called me earlier this week to ask permission to link to my IDL web site
> (which I thought was courteous of them).
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> We discussed the "Related Sites ..." page, and my first comment was, "David's
> site isn't on here!" I was assured that they were talking with you and left
> it at that.
>
> I raised another issue that I think is important for the IDL community. They
> have set up IDL and ENVI forums accessible through their web site
>
> http://www.ittvis.com/forum/choosecategory.asp
>
> In my view this leads to the creation of two separate user communities,
> one that uses this group, and one that uses their forums.
>
> I am wondering whether there might be a technical solution to this, or
> whether we need to think about moving this discussion to their web site,
> and whether they would feel obligated to moderate (censor) postings
> in their forum, among other things.
I don;t see why they couldn't forward posts to their forum to the IDL newsgroup with an
appropriate subject line mod indicating this fact. Maybe users could even have an option
to turn this off in their user profile (I assume they have to register to use the ITTVIS
forum).
Seems like Forum users would get double bang for their buck since the newsgroup is a much
more widely read forum.
> Perhaps we need to keep a free and independent channel, but I don't really want
> to spend the time going through two different user forums.
I don't tend to use vendor forums because of a) I have to log in [I have enough usernames
and passwords to remember thanks very much] and b) they're never as widely read as usenet.
Exceptions are in cases where I need to get an vendor rep response asap. I would expect
that questions directly addressed to RSI/ITTVIS folks on their forum would be answered
*same day* by RSI/ITTVIS folks.
cheers,
paulv
--
Paul van Delst Ride lots.
CIMSS @ NOAA/NCEP/EMC Eddy Merckx
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| Re: personal license problem [message #52814 is a reply to message #52709] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 09:14 |
Kenneth Bowman
Messages: 86
Registered: November 2006
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In article <MPG.2052041193a1558e989ea8@news.frii.com>,
David Fanning <news@dfanning.com> wrote:
ITT called me earlier this week to ask permission to link to my IDL web site
(which I thought was courteous of them).
We discussed the "Related Sites ..." page, and my first comment was, "David's
site isn't on here!" I was assured that they were talking with you and left
it at that.
I raised another issue that I think is important for the IDL community. They
have set up IDL and ENVI forums accessible through their web site
http://www.ittvis.com/forum/choosecategory.asp
In my view this leads to the creation of two separate user communities,
one that uses this group, and one that uses their forums.
I am wondering whether there might be a technical solution to this, or
whether we need to think about moving this discussion to their web site,
and whether they would feel obligated to moderate (censor) postings
in their forum, among other things.
Perhaps we need to keep a free and independent channel, but I don't really want
to spend the time going through two different user forums.
Any thoughts?
Ken Bowman
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| Re: personal license problem [message #52947 is a reply to message #52709] |
Mon, 12 March 2007 09:55 |
news.qwest.net
Messages: 137
Registered: September 2005
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"chris_torrence@NOSPAMyahoo.com" <gorthmog@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1173469659.182918.177480@c51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com.. .
> Hi Bob,
>
> Sorry to hear that you are having license problems. I would suggest
> contacting your sales rep or tech support to find out what the problem
> is.
Hi Chris,
thanks for the message. I did talk to tech support, and they did
have me gather info on my system and generated a new license file
for me.
The personal license is directly tied to the hardware, is that how
the personal licenses now work? I was expecting to be able to use
my personal license on any computer, but it appears to be a node locked
license.
> Would you be willing to put your S-Transform code up on the IDL Code
> Bank?
> http://www.ittvis.com/codebank/
Thanks, I will look into that, and try to find some time to write
some presentable code.
Cheers,
bob
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| Re: personal license problem [message #52965 is a reply to message #52741] |
Fri, 09 March 2007 11:47 |
chris_torrence@NOSPAM
Messages: 528
Registered: March 2007
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On Mar 1, 3:55 pm, "R.G. Stockwell" <n...@email.please> wrote:
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> I think I may be on the "outs" with IDL, since Chris
> Torrence is a wavelet guy, and the S-Transform is
> superior to wavelets in every way shape and form.
> So, they yank my chain on licensing issues. j/k
>
> Cheers,
> bob
Hi Bob,
Sorry to hear that you are having license problems. I would suggest
contacting your sales rep or tech support to find out what the problem
is.
Would you be willing to put your S-Transform code up on the IDL Code
Bank?
http://www.ittvis.com/codebank/
That would be great. Every mathematical algorithm has it's advantages/
disadvantages, and it would be great if more users in the community
could try out your code.
Cheers,
Chris Torrence
ITT Visual Information Solutions
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