eValid™ -- Automated Web Quality Solution Browser-Based, Client-Side, Functional Testing & Validation, Load & Performance Tuning, Page Timing, Website Analysis, and Rich Internet Application Monitoring.

Summary
This page describes the common problems encountered with eValid license installation and operation.

OS Version, IE Version Problem
eValid works with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7. Earlier versions of Windows are not supported. Please make sure also that you have IE 7.0 or later installed.

Current versions of eValid have logic that checks both the OS version and the IE version. You will be advised if eValid's requirement is not met by your machine.

Location of License File
The evalid.lic file is a simple text file that is stored by default at this folder:

Format of Feature Key(s)
Each feature key is a seven-field single line of the evalid.lic file. There can be no returns or new lines between the fields. If fiels have included blanks, they are written as quoted strings, for example, "as quoted strings like this". A single line of the license file for the PROF feature looks like the following. There will be one line for each feature activated. Lines are never folded.

Reading Contents of License
eValid reads the evalid.lic file at launch to determine which eValid features to activate. During eValid execution you can easily read the contents of the evalid.lic file using eValid: Help > License Info. Remember, even without a valid license key eValid will work perfectly well as a browser, so you can use this command even if you have an out of date, or even an empty evalid.lic file, or even no evalid.lic file at all.

On-Launch Error Message

• Problem Description: After installing eValid and inserting the license file evalid.lic in the program folder C:\Program Files\Software Research\eValid\Program an error message is produced upon launch of the eValid browser.

  This problem occurs when there was a previous installation of eValid in a different folder other than the default location. This causes eValid to refer to the location of the previous installation of the license file.

• Solution Steps: Follow the steps outlined below to resolve this problem:
  1. Access the win.ini file located in the Windows program folder, (Drive Letter:/WinNt/).
  2. Open the file in a text editor.
  3. Search for the eValid entry:

       [eValid]
       LicenseFile=(Path of eValid License File)
       LicenseCheck1=value
       LicenseCheck2=value
     

  4. Remove the 4 lines from the win.ini file.
  5. Save the file.
  6. Launch eValid.
  7. You will be prompted to look for the license file and must specify the path.
  8. Select the appropriate key from the dialog.

  If these steps are followed correctly eValid should now recognize the appropriate key and enable full product functionality.