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Floating Licensing – V2 Release Notes

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Version 2.4 | October 3, 2023

  • Fixes certificate issues with Mac Ventura and over

Version 2.3B | March 23, 2023

  • Fixes Floating License Server Authorization issue in applet ‘RVLDisplayStatusInTerminal' in MacOS.
  • Installer adds support for Apple Silicon.

Version 2.3A | June 9, 2021

  • Fixes issue with REVisionActivate for MacOs BigSur and above

Version 2.3 | May 29, 2019

  • Fixes a problem where the license server is not properly stopped by running RVLKillServer.bat on Windows
  • Fixes a problem where the license server could not be installed anywhere but in Program Files (x86)/REVisionEffects on Windows

Version 2.2g | May 7, 2018

  • Adds 64-bit support for Macintosh

Version 2.2f | May 1, 2018

  • Fixes a problem where Macintosh and Linux versions of floating license server and client did not install properly.

Version 2.2d | May 24, 2017

  • Added support on Windows Vista and up (Vista, Server 2008, Win 7, 8 and 10) to automatically elevate privileges for the scripts RVLSetServer.bat, RVLInstallService.bat, RVLStartServer.bat, RVLKillServer.bat and RVLUninstallService.bat. This provides easier use and eliminates the need to right-click and select "Run as administrator" for those scripts on Vista and up.

Version 2.2c | May 21, 2017

  • Added support in Windows installer and scripts to create and properly set the RVL_SERVER environment variable, for more reliability when the plug-ins search for the server machine.

Version 2.2b | November 20, 2016

  • Updated installer packaging
  • Added interactive installer support for Linux

Version 2.2 | August 4, 2014

  • Fixes a bug in the server that caused inappropriate "error 54" or "error 104" or "can't connect to server" from the client machines. NOTE: only the server software needs to be updated, not anything with our plugin products or license client software.
  • Fixes a crash with the server program, particularly on Linux machines.
  • Fixes an inefficiency issue introduced with v2.0 where the CPU is overutilized.
  • Fixes a cosmetic issue where extra print statements were inappropriately displayed in version 2.1
  • 2.2b (Macintosh only), Sept 8, 2014: Fixes a bug where the license server program (rvlserver) wasn't automatically restarted upon reboot of the server machine.

Version 2.1 | July 30, 2014

  • Fixes a bug in the server that caused inappropriate "error 54" or "error 104" or "can't connect to server" from the client machines. NOTE: only the server software needs to be updated, not anything with our plugin products or license client software.
  • Fixes a crash with the server program, particularly on Linux machines.
  • Fixes an inefficiency issue introduced with v2.0 where the CPU is overutilized.

Version 2.0 | July 25, 2014

  • Fixes a bug in the server that caused inappropriate "error 54" or "error 104" or "can't connect to server" from the client machines. NOTE: only the server software needs to be updated, not anything with our plugin products or license client software.
  • Fixes a crash with the server program, particularly on Linux machines.
  • Linux version is 64-bit instead of 32-bit.