CodeWarrior Installation/license

[mac164]

 Just installed CW with an IDE version 4.5 I purchased several years ago. I have the following problems/questions. Freescale has been a NO RESPONSE. I believe their technical support is in China and has been trying to translate the following questions: PS I did call Freescale and talked to someone in technical support - He had no ideal whatsoever that I was talking about. Rather he was a laymen trained to say "We're here to help you", which he stated several times. The only other comment was that he knew nothing about the product but he would ask someone who did.

LICENSE: When I installed the product it stated that the Freescale Web site registered it. However the pamplet that came with the CD's said I have to licence it via the pull down menu. It asks for a Key I received from Freescale.  What does it mean "a KEY"?

I have received no answer from Freescale or any E-mail regarding a KEY from Freescale. I did receive a Spam from Freescale. 

Question #1: The CD Pack has a 'Lot number' and a "Part number". Is one of these the KEY?

UPDATE IDE: I have been using the free 'Special Edition" limited to 32K for about a year, primarily usingAssembly. That IDE is, I believe, Version 5.1...

QUESTION #2: Can I simply copy IDE Version 5.1 over 4.5 and will my installaion still work correctly?  

Question #3: Was/is my other function (i.e. compiler/Proc Expert/Assembler etc...) updated during installation? AND how do I determine/verify this?

Thanks

[J2MEJediMaster]

What part does the CodeWarrior tools that you have target? (HC08, S12, ColdFire...?)

The IDE v4.5 is an old one. If I followed you, you've updated to a later one. The latest Classic IDE is v5.9.1.

The key was a license key. How licensing was handled changed between v4.5 and v5.9.1. It used to be you were given a key number and you entered it. Now you register on-line and the system gives you a license file that you place in your CodeWarrior directory.

To answer your specific questions:

#1: No, lot and part number have nothing to do with a license key.

#2: I haven't tried replacing just the IDE executable, so I don't know what the outcome would be. Because the newer IDE might require other, new files to function properly, I would not recommend that. It would be better to do a complete install.

#3: Choose Help > About CodeWarrior and click on Installed Products. That displays a list of all of the installed tools and their version numbers.

---Tom