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Ian1753
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October 18, 2013
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Free Educational Activation for CF Builder

  • October 18, 2013
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The following site says that a trial version of the software can be converted to a free educational version during the registration process.

http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/coldfusion-builder/faq.html

ColdFusion Builder 2 is available free to all eligible education customers for learning purposes only and not for production purposes. Students, faculty, and staff can get serial numbers to activate downloadable trial versions by registering on the registration site. During registration, you will be prompted to upload a copy of your student ID, faculty ID, or employee ID, or you can upload a letter on institutional letterhead proving your current affiliation with an educational institution. Once validated, you will be emailed a free educational serial number for ColdFusion Builder 2. It may take up to two weeks after you submit the request to receive your serial number.

I have been unable to reach the 'registration' page for CF builder.

Is the above information still valid and if so, how do i proceed to activate the product as an educational version?

Thanks

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pdx_tjk
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October 21, 2013

The educational register site is no longer available either.

Charlie Arehart
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Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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October 21, 2013

Bummer. I don’t know why any of those approaches you folks are trying are failing. Let’s hope that someone from Adobe may see this and offer some thoughts.

/charlie

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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pdx_tjk
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October 21, 2013

I think Adobe is, not so subtly, trying to get people to move to v.10.

just my opinion - I'm new to CF, but that is my impression: maximize the revenue stream seems to be priority number one.

On Oct 21, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Charlie Arehart <forums_noreply@adobe.com<mailto:forums_noreply@adobe.com

Charlie Arehart
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Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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October 19, 2013

I can’t remember what may trigger the reg interface in CFB itself, but if you use the Help menu there, see the option for Adobe ColdFusion Builder Registration, which takes you to a web page (where you will be asked to login and then register). Let us know if that helps. Since mine is already registered, I can’t see what it may look like for you if you have not yet registered. I realize it may not offer the solution you are looking for, but it’s worth a try.

It could be that the option to register is shown when you startup, or that the option was offered and you may have told CFB to stop showing it. (You can do that also with CFB’s “startup page”, and at least THAT page can be turned on again using Window>Preferences>ColdFusion>Startup, if that may help at all also.)

Let us know what you find, especially if anything works, so that others finding this thread in the future can know the answer.

/charlie

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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Ian1753Author
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October 19, 2013

I haven't been able to register (which is a pre-requisite of submitting proof of academic status); I am still able to see the 'start up' page in CF Builder.  I've tried four ways (all of which have been unsuccessful of reaching the registration page):

  1. From wihin the application itself: Help>Adobe Coldfusion Builder Registration - nothing happens (ie i am not taken to the registration page).
  2. By clicking the link ('registation site') in the FAQ page (see my original post above) for CF builder - this results is a 404 error (Page not found)
  3. I don't see any links on the startup page for registering the product.
  4. I've telephoned 'Adobe Support' and 'Customer Services' without being able to get through to anyone.

Thanks for your reply

Ian

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