NOTICE TO LICENSE HOLDERS OF CONCISE BEAM VERSION 3 (up to version 3.5a)

Black Mint Software Inc. (Black Mint) has purchased ownership of Concise Beam from the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) immediately prior to the release of Concise Beam version 4. Please note Black Mint did not market, license or receive revenue for any version of Concise Beam earlier than version 4. Black Mint did provide technical support to earlier users under contract to CPCI.

Black Mint no longer offers technical support to license holders of versions of Concise Beam earlier than version 4. No further technical updates will be provided for version 3 (the last was version 3.5a released February 2001). Black Mint strongly encourages you to upgrade to version 4 to obtain the advantages of this extensive upgrade, continuing updates, and full technical support. Black Mint is also pleased to offer to current license holders a substantial discount in the price to upgrade to version 4 (see go to the Concise Beam Pricing page for details). A new license key will be provided to current license holders that upgrade.

Version 3.5a Upgrade

Concise Beam version 3.5a is the last software upgrade to Concise Beam version 3.   File CoFix35a.exe is a self extracting zipped file containing a new executable for Concise Beam Version 3.5a

To install this file:

1. Download the file "CoFix35a.exe".
2. Execute "CoFix35a.exe" on your computer, i.e. double click it.
3. When prompted for a directory to unzip this file to choose your current Concise Beam version 3 directory.
4. The old "concise.exe" file will be overwritten with the updated file.
5. There is no need for the user to keep the old executable file. If one wishes to do so, please rename your old "concise.exe" before executing "CoFix35a.exe".
6. View the "readm35a.txt" to see installation instructions and a revision history.

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