Hi guys.

I have just seen that SQL for PRO has been discontinued in favour of Manifold v 9, and that users of SQL4ARC gets Manifold Universal for free.

How does this work? Do I use my SQL4ARC key in Manifold?. How do I apply to get Manifold Universal?

Pieter

You go to Manifold online store.

• add Universal to cart
• Go to Checkout
• Click Upgrade
• Click Convert to Upgrade
• Insert your current SQL4ARC serial number

Thanks rk!!

Edit: What happens with my SQL4ARC license? Will that still work? I just found out I used my four activations for the year, so I will have to wait a bit...

The serial used for upgrade will be revoked i think.

All SQL4ARC licensees received an email at their email of record advising them of the upgrade offer. Contact sales@manifold.net to ask for your free 9 Universal license. Write from the email address of record.

You get a free Release 9 Universal license. The sql4arc license isn't revoked, but sooner or later it will stop functioning because the servers supporting it will no longer regenerate activations, etc. There's no hard limit on that but I think it's at least three years. Manifold tends to support discontinued products with activations for a very long time. It just doesn't guarantee to do so.

If you've used up all of your activations they'll continue to grow back so long as the servers continue supporting sql4arc activations. The first one you used will grow back 12 months after you used it, and so on. See https://sql4arc.com/tech/sql_about_activation.shtml

I have not received any reply from Manifold regarding this. Almost two weeks

Almost always that's an email problem at your end, like your email system sending replies from Manifold to a junk mail folder. See the email problems page.

No emails from Manifold anywhere in any of my folders including Spam.

I also cannot use my license to upgrade to Universal using the method described earlier

I sent Manifold Sales an email two weeks ago, no response.

I sent them an email again today.

Edit: I received email from Manifold just now, with a license for Universal.

Apparently my email was not routed correctly.