ActivateLicense

Description

Activates a license key over the internet.

C#

void ActivateLicense (string webServiceUrl, string activationKey, 
                      string computerID, string computerName,
                      string qlmVersion, string userData1, out string response)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
webServiceUrl	string	URL to the QLM License Server.
activationKey	string	The license key to activate
computerID	string	The unique computer identifier
computerName	string	The name of the computer. This argument is not required but recommended.
qlmVersion	string	The version of the QLM Engine
userData1	string	User data to associate with the license key
response	string	XML fragment containing the result of the call.

Response XML format

XML

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<QuickLicenseManager>
<pckey>C06C4C90A497F091C2F080501000C076A0578E</pckey>
<userCompany>My Company</userCompany>
<userFullName>John Smith</userFullName>
<userEmail>[email protected]</userEmail>
</QuickLicenseManager>

Example error response

XML

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<QuickLicenseManager>
<error>Details about the error</error>
</QuickLicenseManager>

Remarks

You must call DefineProduct before calling this function.

Example

C#

private void ActivateLicense(string activationKey, ref string licenseMessage)
{ 
     string computerID = Environment.MachineName;
     bool needsActivation = false;
     string returnMsg = string.Empty;


     if (lv.ValidateLicense (activationKey, string.Empty, ref computerID, ELicenseBinding.ComputerName, ref needsActivation, ref returnMsg) == false)
     {

         if (lv.WrongProductVersion || lv.EvaluationExpired || needsActivation )
         {
             string response;
             lv.QlmLicenseObject.ActivateLicense(string.Empty, activationKey, computerID, Environment.MachineName, "5.0.00", string.Empty, out response);

             ILicenseInfo li = new LicenseInfo();
             string message = string.Empty;
             if (lv.QlmLicenseObject.ParseResults(response, ref li, ref message))
             {
                 lv.QlmLicenseObject.StoreKeys(activationKey, li.ComputerKey);
             }
         }
      }
}