If a network license is used (more then 1 license per PC / user / concurrent user) the number of PCs / users / concurrent users can be increased or decreased by sending an Activation Key to the customer.

 

The design of a key is described in Format of a Key.

 

After pressing the button Generate Key, the key including the extended description is copied into the textbox. It is also copied into the clipboard. The content of the textbox can be saved into a file with the button Save generated keys  to file.

 

To ensure, that this Activation Key is not used many times, there are 2 options

With Web Activation Server

 

Online Validation Required

Use this options, if you have a Web Activation Server. The Activation Key is sent to the Web Activation Server before it is applied. It is stored in the database. If the Web Activation Server detects that the key was already used, it blocks the key.

 

Without Web Activation Server

 

You have to include the Hardware ID in the Activation Key. This ensures that the Activation Key can only be used on the machine with the specified Hardware ID.