Delphi 2009 Upgrade Question...

Question

Hi,

i bought yesterday an upgrade to Delphi 2009 Pro. Now i have the problem that i have a version of Delphi 5 Enterprise, but it's registered, but the account has been lost.

Is there a way to get the Delphi 5 version to be moved to my account, so that i can register the Delphi 2009 Pro.

Otherwise i also got a Delphi 3 Pro laying around here, which also should be enough for upgrading, but how can i get this registered?

My other Delphi's are Delphi 1, Delphi 2 Developer and Delphi 3 Standard as well as some Personal Versions.

Has anybody a good idea what i should be doing now? The best would be to move the Enterprise Delphi to my current account.

Cheers, murphy

Answer 1

You can try to contact Embarcadero. If you have a registered version they must have records of that. It will be helpful if you know the email address that was used to register the account.

Answer 2

Delphi 2009 upgrade is available to owners of any earlier version of Delphi, so you should be able to upgrade from Delphi 3.

Answer 3

You are probably making a mountain out of a molehill. If you haven't tried to install it yet then I would cross that bridge when you come to it. I don't believe having your Delphi 5 or 3 install associated with your account will make any difference. I am pretty sure Delphi 5 and earlier didn't have an activation, so there probably isn't anything to transfer.

More likely you will have trouble if the person you purchased it from used up the activations for 2009. Additionally, last I checked, they only support purchasing Delphi from a licensed reseller, which it sounds like wasn't the case.

I hope it works out for you though. Delphi 2009 is a great release and well worth the upgrade!

Answer 4

Delphi 5 doesn’t require online activation. The key should be enough to get it properly installed.