Enable FileBound Demo Mode to Sign on a System that has an Expired License
Customer was unable to sign in to their test site after their license expired. Put the site in demo mode and requested a new license key.- Go to MS SQL Server Management Studio and navigate to the FileBound database.
- Go to the OPTIONS table and cut the contents of the LICENSE and VERSIONING columns and paste them to Notepad. Make sure these two columns are blank in the OPTIONS table.
- Go to the SETTINGS table and cut the contents of the LICENSE and VALIDATION CODE columns and paste to Notepad. Verify they are blank.
- Now attempt to sign on. You should be able to sign on; however the site will be in demo mode. You will need to reapply your license key and validate it to return to full functionality.
Note: SQL commands to clear LICENSE & VERSIONING in OPTIONS table and LICENSE & VALIDATIONCODE in SETTINGS table.
Update Options set License = '' , Versioning = '';
Update Settings set PropertyValue = '' where PropertyKey = 'License'
Update Settings set PropertyValue = '' where PropertyKey = 'ValidationCode'
SQL commands to view the contents of these properties:
SELECT License,Versioning
FROM FBDataBaseName.dbo.Options;
Select * from FBDataBaseName.dbo.settings order by PropertyKey desc;