ViewCompanion Pro FAQ

Licensing

I've installed and registered ViewCompanion Pro on a computer as domain admin. Whenever anyone else logs in and opens the program, it states that it is an evaluation version. How do I correct this?

ViewCompanion can use a license file. If a license file is found, ViewCompanion will not ask for a serial number. You can create this license file yourself. The file must be named viewcompanion.lic and must be placed in the same directory as the viewcompanion.exe executable. The file must be a text only file (e.g. created by Notepad), and must contain two lines. The first line holds the company name and the second line holds the serial number.

Example license file:
Your company name
VP2-FF-99999-AAAABBBB

Display and Printing

Why doesn't the pen table setting affect text entities?

On the HPGL page you find a setting named "Use Pen Table for Text". Enable this option and the pen table settings will work for text (LB) entities too.

Markup

Once I select a markup drawing command, I want to continue to use it. The way it is working now, I have to reselect it every time I want to add a markup. Is there a setting I can change?

Open the Tools->Options markup dialog. On the Markup page you will find an option named "Switch to Edit Mode when a new entity is created". Disable this option and ViewCompanion will stay in the draw markup mode.

Installation

Do you have any instructions for a 'silent installation' so that it can be rolled out via the network?

The installation program supports the following parameters:

/SP-
Disables the This will install... Do you wish to continue? prompt at the beginning of Setup.

/SILENT
Instructs Setup to be silent. When Setup is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is. Everything else is normal so for example error messages during installation are displayed and the startup prompt is (if you haven't disabled it with the '/SP-' command line option explained above).

/VERYSILENT
Instructs Setup to be very silent. When a setup is very silent the wizard, background window and the installation progress window is not displayed. Everything else is normal so for example error messages during installation are displayed and the startup prompt is (if you haven't disabled it with the '/SP-' command line option explained above).