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A specific button in the ribbon bar images_toolbar_about allows you to open the About dialog; more, the logo in the bottom right part of the browser takes you to the same dialog

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then the dialog appears:

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Information in the dialog

•The build, the dll (core library) build and the service pack

•Serial No: the same serial you can use (together with the customer code) to login on the website

•The version:it could be nodelocked or floating; the possible values are: ENTERPRISE, FLOATING, DEMO; in case of borrowed license it's specified the ending date of the borrowing

•The Global Parameters Path is the path where parameters and script are expected.

•DBWARM state; reports if the access right management is active; more it reports also the group of the current user

•DBMS version: The version of SQLServer of the connected ODBC

•the Logging state: if enabled, such info is shown in the dialog

•the user name: accordingly with DBWARM settings and windows credentials.

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•Extra custom info can be added to this dialog through the script OnAbout.lst

Buttons in the dialog

•OK closes the dialog

•License Agreement shows the EULA

•<website> opens the default web browser and navigate on the custom website

•Contact Support opens the default mail client and create a new email message to the custom support mail address