# Could not find a valid license for using CData FireDAC Components for CSV on this system

**URL:** <https://community.cdata.com/t/could-not-find-a-valid-license-for-using-cdata-firedac-components-for-csv-on-this-system/156>\
**Category:** CData Drivers\
**Tags:** question, licensing, firedac\
**Created:** [April 20, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/could-not-find-a-valid-license-for-using-cdata-firedac-components-for-csv-on-this-system/156 "2023-04-20T19:05:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Andrew\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Andrew\_H](https://community.cdata.com/u/Andrew_H)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/could-not-find-a-valid-license-for-using-cdata-firedac-components-for-csv-on-this-system/156/1 "2023-04-20T19:05:59Z")

</div>

“I updated Delphi and I am now receiving the following error during runtime: Could not find a valid license for using CData FireDAC Components for CSV on this system. Can you help me?” - Customer

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Andrew\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Andrew\_H](https://community.cdata.com/u/Andrew_H)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/could-not-find-a-valid-license-for-using-cdata-firedac-components-for-csv-on-this-system/156/2 "2023-04-20T19:06:46Z")

</div>

You need to go to the installation folder for the FireDAC Components for CSV and find the file titled ‘deployment\_licensing.txt’. Follow the instructions outlined in that file to license the components for internal deployment.

You can see more about this below:&nbsp;[CData FireDAC Components for CSV - Deployment Instructions](https://cdn.cdata.com/help/RVH/fire/pg_deploymentfire.htm)