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A lower software version may be run using a higher version license by creating a text file named level.txt within the installation folder of the earlier product version. However, this does not apply to web-activated licenses which are not compatible with the previous conventional licenses (therefore, for example, the SAP2000 V16 web-activated v16 license cannot be used to run SAP2000 V15v15).

Level.txt file

The Create a level.txt file by creating a text file should have with the following two lines , described as follows:(as described below). Rename the file as level.txt.

  • Line 1: Product Level. Depending on Enter the product level, enter level of the current license (in caps), for example: 'BASIC', 'PLUS', 'ADVANCED' or 'ULTIMATE', etc. See level.txt for a list of levels for each CSI program.
  • Line 2: Product Version. Enter only the version number of the current license, for example, '15'.
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NOTE: This process may not work when versions are separated by more than one major release, in which case the license file for the older version should be requested. It is not possible to run V15 using V16 license, because the licensing has changed to a web-activated licensing that is based on different locking criteria.

Location of level.txt file

  • Standalone installation with standalone license – For a standalone installation with a standalone license, the level.txt file should be located in the lower version program folder with , which contains the program executable. Further, the The license file ("lservrc" file) of the current version should also be copied into this same folder as the installation folder of the previous version.Workstation installation – level.txt.

  • Standalone installation with network license – For a standalone installation with a network license, the level.txt file should be located in the lower version program folder, which contains program executable.
     
  • Workstation installation – For a workstation installation, the level.txt file should be located on the server with the server in the lower version program folder, which contains program executable.

Example: Running SAP2000 v14 using a v15 license

Some additional procedures which concern running When running SAP2000 v14 using a v15 license are listed as follows: SAP2000 v15 Advanced license, the level.txt file created will contain the following two lines:

ADVANCED
15 

Listed below are the installation and licensing combinations with the appropriate locations for where the level.txt and v15 "lservrc" file should reside: 

  • Standalone installation with standalone license – When If running a standalone installation with a standalone license, the SAP2000 v15 "lservrc" file must be copied into the version 14 *.exe folderSAP2000 14 folder containing the SAP2000.exe. The level.txt file will also be copied into this same folder (SAP2000 14 folder).
  • Standalone installation with network license – If you are running a standalone installation but getting the with a network license, the level.txt file should be copied into the SAP2000 version 14 *folder, containing the SAP2000.exe folder on , on the client machine.
  • Workstation installation – For workstation installations from the server, If the client machine has a workstation installation, then the level.txt file should be copied into onto the server under the SAP2000 version 14 Server > License Manager folder.folder, which contains the SAP2000.exe.
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To use SAP2000 V15 license to run SAP2000 V14 with the add-on module license (Bridge, Staged Construction, Off-Shore), the SAP2000 V14.2.5 program installation and the SAP2000 V15 Ultimate license is are required.

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NOTE: The *.ini file takes precedence over the level.txt file, therefore it may be best to leave the field for the program level blank in the *.ini file.

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