Hi TD,
I have a few questions about usage and licensing.
I started using WinBatch+Compiler back in the 90's and was a pretty heavy user until the early 00's. Even so, I maintained my annual subscription until around 2008. At that time I hadn't been using it much and let my subscription expire because it wasn't cost effective. I went back to renew a few years later to get the new version and extenders
(thinking I'd just have to pay the annual fee) only to find out that it was an outrageous amount because they wanted me to "catch up" on my inactive years. Needless to say, I didn't renew.
The WinBatch+Compiler version I've been using since then is 2009B. I've thought about upgrading a few times in the intervening years but I knew based on prior experience it would be cost prohibitive. I use it once (
maybe twice) a year and so far it's served its purpose in both Win7 and Win10 environments, which are the only ones I work in.
- Are there significant benefits to upgrading to 2018A?
- Are the extenders more robust? I mainly use the ShellOps, IPGrabber, HugeMath, and Reggie extenders. **
- Most importantly... Will I be able to use 2018A until I decide to upgrade without it "expiring" after a year?
Thanks for your reply!
** One of the primary walls I've hit with 2009B is the 65,535 limit of aStatusBar. My "While" statements are exceeding that and makes the progress bar wonky. Does the 2018A version expand that limit, or is there a new progress indicator that overcomes this? I know I can do this mathematically but I'd prefer if it could be performed natively.
