Upon running TreeAge Pro for the first time, another license manager error message
will occur. Just click OK. Use Internet Authorization to unlock the software with
your serial numbe (manual authorization will not work).
Installation
Upon completion of your purchase, you will be presented with a page that
includes your Serial Number and a download link for the appropriate product.
You will need both to install and authorize your software.
Download the installer file and execute it on your computer.
After installation, follow the instructions below for Internet Authorization
or Manual Authorization.
Updating to the Latest Release
Periodically, free maintenance updates (including bug fixes and minor changes) will be
posted to the TreeAge web site. TreeAge Pro will provide monthly reminders for you to
check for updates; you are urged to do so. At any time you can check for available
patches from within TreeAge Pro by clicking on the Help menu, choosing TreeAge on the
Web, and Check for Updates. The latest update, if any, will be located and downloaded
to your computer, after which the update installation will begin.
You can also download a full installer from the Main Support Page.
Login using your email address and serial number.
You will be presented with a link to the most recent release to which you are eligible
based on your license/maintenance agreement.
Uninstalling TreeAge Software Products
Before uninstalling a licensed version of TreeAge Pro, you should Transfer your license based
on the instructions provided above.
You will not be able to unlock your license on a new computer unless you first use the
License Manager to transfer your existing license out from the old computer.
Once you have transferred your license (if necessary) and are ready to uninstall the software,
open the Windows "Add/Remove Software" control panel and select "TreeAge Pro 2006" from the
list of uninstallable applications.
If you are uninstalling a TreeAge Software product with the Excel Module, you will need to
turn off the TreeAge Pro Addin. In Excel, select Tools>Add-Ins from the menu.
Uncheck the TreeAge Pro Addin.
License Manager - Internet Authorization
The TreeAge License Manager authorizes the software on your computer.
If no active license is authorized on your computer, the License Manager will start automatically.
It can also be started from the Help menu.
The License Manager generates a unique Site Code based on your computer hardware.
You enter the Serial Number provided to you at the time of purchase.
The Internet Authorization function sends the Site Code and Serial Number to TreeAge.
If the Serial Number has an authorization available, TreeAge automatically returns a Site Key,
which is installed on your computer. Once the Site Key is installed,
a message box will state that the software is authorized.
License Manager - Manual Authorization
The Manual Authorization function will send the Site Code and Serial Number to
TreeAge via the when you click
on the Submit Codes button. You then paste the resulting Site Key back into the software and unlock the software.
If the computer is not connected to the Internet, you can open the
on a separate computer with Internet access. Enter the Site Code and Serial Number into the page.
Then enter the resulting Site Key back into the computer without Internet access.
License Manager - Transfer License
You can transfer your license from one computer to another. Open the License Manger on the first
computer. Then click on the Transfer Out Via Internet button. This will deauthorize the license on your
computer and release the license, making it available to authorize the software on another computer.
If the computer is not connected to the Internet, click on the Kill License and Confirm button.
Then send the kill code to
sitekey@treeage.com.
TreeAge Support will reauthorize the Serial Number and return your email.
The Serial Number is then available to authorize software on another computer.
Getting an Additional Authorization
If you purchase a single-user license and wish to use the software on multiple computers,
it is possible to obtain an authorization for the second installation provided you are the
sole user of both computers. For more information on obtaining a second authorization,
send an e-mail to sitekey@treeage.com; please include your serial number.
Installing the Excel Add-In
The TreeAge Pro Excel add-in is included with the TreeAge Pro Excel and TreeAge Pro Suite products.
The add-in can be loaded in Excel either automatically or manually. In attempting to have Excel
load the add-in automatically, the TreeAge Pro installer adds a few keys to the user registry.
However, if a system administrator installs TreeAge Pro on a computer, these keys will be added to
the registry for the administrator instead of the end user of the software. In this case,
additional steps are required to add the keys under the end user.
If the end user has privileges to write to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER section of the registry, this is a quick process.
Method 1
- Logon to the computer as the end user.
- Open Excel, go to Tools > Add-ins...
- If "TreeAge Pro Addin" does not appear, open it by clicking Browse... (e.g., look under C:\Program Files\TreeAge\TreeAge Pro\Excel).
- Check the box next to "TreeAge Pro Addin" in the list.
Method 2
- Logon to the computer as the end user.
- Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder that contains the TreeAge Pro software (frequently C:\Program Files\TreeAge\TreeAge Pro).
- Open the folder named “Excel” within the TreeAge Pro software folder.
- Double-click on the shortcut named “Register Add-in”. This will add the necessary registry settings.
If the end user does not have privileges to write to the user registry settings, then there are additional steps required.
- Temporarily add the role “Power Users” to the end user’s local computer account.
- Logon as an administrator.
- Right-click on the “My Computer” icon on the desktop and select “Manage” from the popup menu.
- Navigate the tree in the left pane to Computer Management>System Tools>Local Users and Groups>Users.
- Double-click on the end user in the right pane. A user properties window will open.
- Click on the “Member Of” tab.
- Click on the Add button.
- Enter the “Power Users” group.
- Click OK.
- Logoff the computer.
- Add the user registry settings.
- Logon as the end user.
- Perform the steps listed above, under Method 1 or 2, for users with privileges to write to the user registry settings.
- In Excel, select Tools>Add-Ins from the menu to ensure that the TreeAge Pro Addin is listed and selected.
- Logoff the computer.
- Remove the role “Power Users” from the end user’s local computer account. This is necessary if you want to return the security settings to their original state.
- Logon as an administrator.
- Right-click on the “My Computer” icon on the desktop and select “Manage” from the popup menu.
- Navigate the tree in the left pane to Computer Management>System Tools>Local Users and Groups>Users.
- Double-click on the end user in the right pane. A user properties window will open.
- Click on the “Member Of” tab.
- Select Power Users from the list of user roles.
- Click on the Remove button.
- Click OK.
- Close the Computer Management Window.
The registry settings added are located in the following registry folders, where "%vers%" is the current Office version (11.0 for Office 2003):
- My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\%vers%\Excel\Add-in Manager
- My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\%vers%\Excel\Open
Rather than making the user a Power User temporarily, it would instead be possible to use the Registry Editor to grant write privileges only to the "Office" or "Office\%vers%\Excel" registry keys.
Network Installation
Please follow these instructions when installing a network license of TreeAge products.
For all downloads related to network licenses,
click here.
Server Installation
- Identify the server upon which TreeAge Pro should be installed.
- Logon to the server as an administrator.
- Install TreeAge Pro on that server.
- Authorize the software on that server using the License Manager.
- Test the software directly on the server by opening a tree and running a rollback.
- Setup a network share to provide client machines/network users with read-write access to the TreeAge Pro installation path.
Folder and share privileges must be setup to provide the appropriate access to users.
Client Installation
- Login to the client machine as the TreeAge Pro user (not a network administrator).
- Run the client installer on the client software.
Do not install the full TreeAge Pro software on the client machines.
You can download the client-only installers here.
- Client Setup 2008
- Client Setup 2007
- Client Setup 2006
- Client Setup 2005
- Test the software from the client machine by opening a tree and running a rollback.
- If the test fails, test read-write access to the TreeAge installation path on the server
by creating and deleting a file on the server.
- If the test fails even after correcting any possible access issues with the server,
contact TreeAge Support.
Table Folder
By default, all global tables will be stored on the server in a single folder
(the "Tables" folder off the server installation path). Therefore, all TreeAge users
would be storing their tables in the same path and might inadvertently overwrite each
other's tables.
It is possible to redirect the default location for tables to use a path that is
interpreted on each client machine. For example, if you set the default table folder
to "C:\TreeAge Tables", each client would save tables into that folder on each computer.
Some organizations create personal user folders on the network that are mapped to each user using a
common drive mapping. For example Joe Smith's U drive would map to \\server\users\jsmith while Wendy Jones's
U drive would map to \\server\users\wjones. If your organization uses this type of drive mapping, it is
possible to map all tables to a folder on the user drive (i.e., "U:\TreeAge Tables"). Then each network
user's tables would be stored on their personal user drive.
To setup separate folders for each user/client, follow these instructions.
- Login to the server as an administrator.
- Navigate to the location of the TreeAge Pro executable.
- In the same folder, create a file called "TABLES.dir".
- Edit the "TABLES.dir" in Notepad.
- In the first line of the file, enter the folder in which tables should be stored.
- The change will take effect for each user the first time they start the software.
- If the specified tables directory does not exist when TreeAge Pro is opened, TreeAge Pro
will ask if you want to create the directory.
