AbleCommerce Shopping Cart Software

My site still in development was working fine until the 30 key expire. After I requested for the key and followed the instruction on http://help.ablecommerce.com/installati ... _for_7.htm

I am getting the following error message:
Server Error in '/' Application.
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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
CommerceBuilder.Services.AbleCommerceHttpModule.a(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1) +2256
System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64


Help

I had that same problem when my ip address changed and it has been entered as a bug. I had to do an entire new install of the test site to get it working again. In RC3, if you have a valid license, you can set the store to run in demo mode indefinitely. Here is Logan's reply to how you can do that:

If you have a valid license installed, go open the file App_Data\ablecommerce.config.

The first line should start <application ....

Anywhere inside that line, add the demoMode indicator:

<application demoMode="true" ...

If you have a live license installed, this will put your store into full-time demo mode. Domain restrictions are not enforced and there is no expiration. You can also switch this on and off from the admin interface. This is a new feature we added in RC3 to try and ease the difficulty of development against a live license.

I checked the bug system and there is a patch out now.
http://bugs.ablecommerce.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6720

(I just can't get the patch to download- it keeps wanting to open in my browser window)