API Reference

ActivateLicenseByBasicAuthentication

Description

Activates a license key with an user name and password.

void ActivateLicenseByBasicAuthentication(string webServiceUrl, string username, string password,
                                        string computerID, string computerName, 
                                        string qlmVersion, string userData1, 
                                        string affiliateID, bool incrementActivationCount,
                                        out string response)

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
webServiceUrlstringURL to the QLM License Server.
usernamestringthe customer's user account name
passwordstringthe customer's user account password
computerIDstringThe unique computer identifier
computerNamestringThe name of the computer. This argument is not required but recommended.
qlmVersionstringThe version of the QLM Engine
userData1stringUser data to associate with the license key
affiliateIDstringID of the Affiliate
incrementActivationCountboolFlag to determine if the activation count should be incremented on the server
responsestringXML fragment containing the result of the call.

Response XML format

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

Remarks

You must call DefineProduct before calling this function.

Use ParseResults to interpret the results of the call and load the returned data into an ILicenseInfo object.

ILicenseInfo li = new LicenseInfo();
string message = string.Empty;
if (lv.QlmLicenseObject.ParseResults(response, ref li, ref message))
{
  // The operation  was successful	
}
else
{
  // The operation failed
}