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ASPNetMenu 1.5 shipped with Web.UI for ASP.NET 1.5, which is still availalbe for download at the bottom of the download page.  It includes a License Manager application, and you will need the original license key.

 

If you have the original purchase information, contact our sales department and they can fetch the keys for you.

This is a nightmare of a problem.  Looks like the original developer had originally used the CYBERAKT version of the ASPNetMenu, not the Web.UI 1.5 version because to @Register tags in the aspx pages used CYBERAKT as a tag prefix.  However, I see that they do have a License key for the Web.UI 1.5 as well and I can use the License Manager to generate a key.

However, they also used the 2007 ASP.Net for AJAX at some point to use Callback features etc.  There is a License file in the Bin folder for this version and it does not report any errors.

Unfortuntely, they do not have any of the orignal sales orders, receipts etc for the control as it was all handled by the developer who they do not have contact with at this point.  All they have is the lic file in the bin for the 2007 Asp.net for AJAX version and they have a valid license key for the 1.5 Web.UI..but I cannot put BOTH license keys in the bin together as they are both called the same name.  Is there a way to combine these files when I cannot find the License Key for the AJAX version?

Please advise as to a way out of this mess.  Trying to avoid having to rewrite all the CYBERAKT menu code to the Web.UI version.  Also, did the CYBERAKT version even use a license file?  I am trying to figure out what caused the menu to kick into trial mode when the web site was simply a straight copy from their old server to the new.  The CYBERAKT ASPnetMenu install HAD to have written to the registry for it's license info, only thin I can think of.

Told ya, a nightmare.  

The pre-1.5 versions of ASPNetMenu did not utilize any runtime activation.  The license keys were only needed for installation.  There were, however, two versions of those old pre-1.5 dlls.  One was trial and on was unlocked for production.  If you're seeing demo warnings on pre 1.5 ASPNetMenu, you must be running the trial version.  You can contact technical support for the production version.

 

For 1.5 and later, use the license manager/.lic file mechanism.  The license manager does write info to the registry, so in a pinch you can export it from the working server to the new machine.  The relevant keys will be under:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComponentArt\Web.UI for ASP.NET

 

There will be versioned subkeys there with the license info.  Combining the contents of the license files is another option, but you should contact technical support for help with that one.

 

Hope this helps.

Thanks Even for the detailed support...CA's support has improved dramatically over the years!

When I look at the AspNetMenu.dll on disk, the version info shows the following:
Product Name: ASP.NET Menu
Product Version: 1.5.0.0
Size: 168k

So I am not sure if that is the Production or Trial...or if it is the Web.UI or pre Web.UI.  Is there any way to tell?

Don't have old server disk anymore so can't check registry keys unfortunately.  Made new web server out of older server.

I have put a request into support for the pre Web.UI production version of the ASPnetMenu control.  Hopefully they'll be cool and help a brutha out :)

Thanks for your help.
Randy