How to find the serial number for installed Progress products

There are a few different ways to obtain the serial number for installed Progress Products.

For Windows Platforms:

There are three different ways to find the serial numbers

I - On Windows Explorer look for the progress.cfg file under the directory where the Progress product was installed. Double click the progress.cfg file to display the product information.

II - From the Desktop

1. From the Windows task bar, select start button
2. Select Programs
3. Select the Progress program group
4. Select the config icon

III - Using the showcfg via command line

1. From the Windows task bar, select start button
2. Select Programs
3. Select the Progress program group
4. Select the proenv icon
5. Type showcfg
6. Pressing enter will pop up a window with the installed product information

For UNIX Platforms:

Using the showcfg via command line

It is required to have all the required Progress environment variables properly set.

1. DLC = ; export DLC
PATH=$DLC/bin:$DLC:$PATH; export PATH
PROCFG=$DLC/progress.cfg; export PROCFG

2. type showcfg will display information similar to the output below:

Configuration File: /bigdisk/progress/91d/progress.cfg

• Company Name: Progress Software Corporation
  
  
• Product Name: Client Connect
• Installation Date: 08/09/2004 12:48:37
• Expiration Date: None
• Serial Number: 004415009
• Control Numbers: PPCSH - UPNII - 2KKT4
• Version Number: 9.1D
• Machine Class: EB
• Port Number: 36

For all platforms if the procedure editor is available:

look the content of the "_serial" VST. This can be accomplished by using one of the following 4GL code.

• display _serial

or

• MESSAGE _Serial VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

By running ProInventory (all platforms):

Proinventory will generate a file called ProCfg.log, which will display information similar to the example below:

Version : 1.3
User Name : user1
Machine Name : server1
Date and Time:

=========================================================
Progress Product and Licensing Information
==========================================

Reading \\hostname\C\dlc\progress.cfg

• Configuration File: \\hostname\C\dlc\progress.cfg
  
  
• Company Name: AVM, L.P.
  
  
• Product Name: OE Studio
• Installation Date: Tue Mar 23 08:02:11 2004
• User Limit: 1
• Expiration Date: None
• Serial Number: 003436666
• Control Numbers: JJJJ - 6PLLL - 4MCY2
• Version Number: 10.0A
• Machine Class: KB
• Port Number: 31