Add a key on the Activation Server

 

Select Keys, Add a key on the Activation Server.

 

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Add a key on the Activation Server

 

This page allows you to save an Activation Key or ID which was created using the Licence Generator. This is necessary if default parameters like Maximum Usage should be set to a special value for the specified Activation Key or ID before it is used. You can also lock a key / ID if it was not already used.

 

If you create a key using the Activation Server 4, you can create and save the key in one step - use Create An Activation Key, Create a Serial Number

 

Add a Serial Number / ID

 

Product Name

Picklist to select the product.

Key Type

Picklist to select the type of Key / ID.

 

For a Serial Number  select Serial Number / ID.

Module  ID

This option is only available, if you select as Key Type = Serial Number and you have multiple modules, which are activated with a Serial Number. The configuration, which module is a Serial Number, is done in the project configuration, entry <IsSerial>.

Key / ID

Unique ID which you use for product activation. If you use Serial Numbers for product activation, type in the Serial Number here.

 

Is Locked

You can lock a Serial Number or Activation Key before it is used. Just check this option

Maximum Key / ID usage

Overrides the default value, how often a key can be used or product can be activated. See configuration for Serial Number / ID, Activation Key

 

Example

If you want to hand-out one Serial Number to a company, which could be used on 50 different PCs, then add the value 50. This setting is valid only for the specified key.

 

Check License Days

If your application has implemented the feature to make regular online checks, you can specify the next time interval after the initial online check

 

External Group

Internal database filed which can be used to link to another database like CRM or ERP system.

 

External ID

Internal database filed which can be used to link to another database like CRM or ERP system.

 

Note

Specify a note which is attached to the key. In a report or list, the icon indicates, that there is a note stored for a key / ID.
Add an Activation Key

Product Name

Picklist to select the product.

Key Type

Picklist to select the type of Key / ID.

 

For all keys, which are not a Serial Number,  select Activation Key.

Activation Key

Type in the Activation Key which should be stored.

 

Is Locked

You can lock a Serial Number or Activation Key before it is used. Just check this option

Maximum Key / ID usage

Overrides the default value, how often a key can be used or product can be activated. See configuration for Serial Number / ID, Activation Key

 

Example

If you want to hand-out one Serial Number to a company, which could be used on 50 different PCs, then add the value 50. This setting is valid only for the specified key.

 

Check License Days

If your application has implemented the feature to make regular online checks, you can specify the next time interval after the initial online check

 

External Group

Internal database filed which can be used to link to another database like CRM or ERP system.

 

External ID

Internal database filed which can be used to link to another database like CRM or ERP system.

 

Note

Specify a note which is attached to the key. In a report or list, the icon indicates, that there is a note stored for a key / ID.

 

 

Click on the Link Save to store the key.

 

Click on the Link Save and Display data to store the key and display detail information - screen Edit an Activation

 

Click on the Link Cancel to leave this screen without saving any data

 

 

If you need to add multiple keys, use the Import option