How to Upgrade VP-UML/Logizian/Agilian (Single Seat License) to Visual Paradigm [Obsolete]

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Over the years, Visual Paradigm International Ltd. has delivered lifecycle visual modeling platforms in order to help our customers to build quality software applications faster, better and cheaper, including the three major product series: Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML), Logizian and Agilian. In version 11.1, we amalgamated them to become one single product and has renamed it into Visual Paradigm which is the same as our corporation. Thanks to the Visual Paradigm Software Maintenance, you can upgrade to Visual Paradigm without extra cost as long as your license is within the maintenance period. This article below will teach you how to upgrade your single seat VP-UML/Logizian/Agilian license with VPository to Visual Paradigm, the new product.

Knowing which type of license you are using

If you are not sure whether you are running the single seat license, floating license or  subscription license, you can follow the article below to find out the type of license that you are using.

Find out the Type of Visual Paradigm License You Are Using

If you are using a floating license, please follow the procedures at How to Upgrade VP-UML/Logizian/Agilian (Floating License) to Visual Paradigm to perform the upgrade. And if you are using subscription license, please follow the procedures at How to upgrade VP-UML/Logizian/Agilian (Subscription License) to Visual Paradigm to perform the upgrade.

Upgrade your VP-UML/Logizian/Agilian

Upgrade the single seat VP-UML/Logizian/Agilian license to Visual Paradigm is pretty simple. You can simply run the update program (Update VP-UML/Update Logizian/Update Agilian) to get it done. The update program can be launched from your Start menu (MS Windows) or from the bin folder of the installation directory (all platforms).

Note that the upgrade process requires write permission to the installation directory. For Windows users, it is recommended  to run the update program as administrator in order to obtain the required permission.

After launching the update program, select Visual Paradigm update server as the update source, then press Check Update to proceed.

You will be prompted when new version is available. Select the new version and press Perform upgrade to proceed.

The update program will first be upgraded and restart itself, then the build number of the latest release will be shown. You can press the Perform upgrade button again to continue.

A special message dialog will be shown to explain the product amalgamation. Press OK button to proceed.

After that, the update program will download the upgrade from Internet to upgrade the software. Meanwhile, it will also download and import the new license key for you. Once the upgrade is finished, your software and license will be ready for the new version.

License Activation when Upgrade to Visual Paradigm 12.0

You will be prompted to perform license activation when you upgrade the software from Visual Paradigm 11.2 (or prior release) to version 12.0 (or later release). All you need to do is to enter your Name and Email address and press the Activate button to activate your license.

But in case your machine is not able to perform online activation, you will then be prompted to perform activation off the line. To perform offline activation:

1. Click the here link in the Activation dialog to allow Visual Paradigm to open the URL with your default browser or copy the URL manually to browser.
   

   Open activation URL in browser

2. The offline activation code will be shown in the browser.
   

   Offline activation code showing in browser

3. Select the activation code and copy it.
   

   Copy offline activation code

4. Paste it in the bottom part of the Activation dialog and press OK.
   

   Paste offline activation code to Activation dialog

5. After that your Visual Paradigm will be activated.

Please note that the offline activation code will only be valid for 30 minutes. If you are unable to complete the activation process within 30 minutes, then you will have to restart the process to obtain a new code.

Common Problems

Update program says it cannot be connected to the updated server

This is probably caused by a bad Internet connection or your system needs proxy server to access for Internet. If you need to use proxy server for internet access, you can then check the Use proxy server check box and fill in the proxy host and port as well as your login information (if needed).

You can also press the Proxy Setting button at the bottom-left corner of update program to configure the proxy server before proceeding to upgrade.

Update program complains there is no license for new version

During the upgrade process, the update program will prompt you that you don’t have the license available for the new version.

This occurs when your license is not entitled for an upgrade to the new version. You can login to your Customer Service Center account and renew the maintenance of your license to get the upgrade. You can contact Visual Paradigm’s support team for any questions about performing upgrade as well as the maintenance status of your licenses.

Update program failed to show any new version available

For users who are using Visual Paradigm’s software prior to version 10.2 may need to run the update program twice in order to do the complete upgrade.While the first run is to update the software to the latest build on the current running version, the second run is to upgrade to the latest version.

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