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smt3mm
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No Connection to Server - alternative options

Post by smt3mm » Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:24 am

Hi

I'm running Windows 11 and QCAD version 3.23.8.0 and am getting the "No connection to server or file not found. Please try again later." message.

I assumed this was a firewall issue but reading other posts it seems the server has to know about my version before I can upgrade.

The one question that comes to mind is whether I can just download the latest version on top of the existing one or whether that is going to break things?

Many thanks

Stuart

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Re: No Connection to Server - alternative options

Post by andrew » Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:31 am

smt3mm wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:24 am
I'm running Windows 11 and QCAD version 3.23.8.0 and am getting the "No connection to server or file not found. Please try again later." message.
I assume this is the message you are getting when checking for updates?
There was never a 3.23.8.0 version, so that's probably a typo. Otherwise we could look into that.
smt3mm wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:24 am
The one question that comes to mind is whether I can just download the latest version on top of the existing one or whether that is going to break things?
Yes, you can always update, independent of the above error. The error above simply means that QCAD cannot check if there is an update available for your version. Either this version is not known by the server or there is no Internet connection or QCAD is not allowed to use the Internet connection.

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Re: No Connection to Server - alternative options

Post by smt3mm » Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:00 am

andrew wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:31 am
smt3mm wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:24 am
I'm running Windows 11 and QCAD version 3.23.8.0 and am getting the "No connection to server or file not found. Please try again later." message.
I assume this is the message you are getting when checking for updates?
There was never a 3.23.8.0 version, so that's probably a typo. Otherwise we could look into that.
smt3mm wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:24 am
The one question that comes to mind is whether I can just download the latest version on top of the existing one or whether that is going to break things?
Yes, you can always update, independent of the above error. The error above simply means that QCAD cannot check if there is an update available for your version. Either this version is not known by the server or there is no Internet connection or QCAD is not allowed to use the Internet connection.
My bad. my version is 3.27.8
Thanks for this. I will try installing the new version on top of the old one

Stuart

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