POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Please post Beta version numbers and expirations on DL page : re: number of days left Server Time
29 Jul 2024 14:18:22 EDT (-0400)
  re: number of days left  
From: bob h
Date: 24 Apr 2002 19:23:39
Message: <3cc73e7b@news.povray.org>
"andrel linnenbank" <a.c### [at] amcuvanl> wrote in message
news:3CC72A4D.738012EE@amc.uva.nl...
> Can I add to this that I would also like to be able to
> find the expiration date in an installed POVray.
> The only way to find the expiration day for me used to
> be to reinstall and find the info somewhere in the second
> or so window. I may have missed the right menu, but anyway
> it is not where I expected it (either in the help of the
> about)

At every new run of POV-Ray look in the Message window and near the end is
the number of days left until the expiry.

> Another strange observation is that I just tried to install
> RC2 on a win2000 machine (900 MHz celeron) (POV was already
> running on two 98 machines and I needed another one :)
> It did not work because it was already expired (?). date on
> my machine was 24 april 2000. After shutting down and
> rebooting it worked so I am happy now, just somewhat
> surprised.

Year 2000...?

bob h


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