UploadProducts

Description

Uploads the list of products to the License Server.

Note that to call this function, you must:

  • Set the AdminEncryptionKey
void UploadProducts (string webServiceUrl, string productsXml, 
                     DateTime updatedUtcDate, out string response)

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
webServiceUrlstringURL to the QLM License Server.
productsXmlstringXml file containing the list of products. The format of the XML file is identical to the products.xml file stored on the client side. See example below.
updatedUtcDateDateTimeUTC Date at which the products were last updated.
responsestringXML fragment containing the result of the call

Return

TypeDescription
boolreturns true if the operation succeeded; false otherwise.

Response XML format

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<QuickLicenseManager>
<result>Succesfully uploaded products.</result>
</QuickLicenseManager>

Example error response

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

Remarks

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
}

Example list

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<LICENSES>
<PRODUCTS>
<PRODUCT Name="Demo" ID="1" Major="2" Minor="0" Key="DemoKey" GUID="{AB932603-7336-4DA4-90C1-843C4146E388}" ReleaseDate="2008-12-11" Features="" LatestVersion="2.0" LatestVersionUrl="" LatestVersionNotes="" />
<PRODUCT Name="Demo" ID="1" Major="1" Minor="0" Key="DemoKey" GUID="{24EAA3C1-3DD7-40E0-AEA3-D20AA17A6005}" ReleaseDate="2007-12-01" Features="0:1:F1;0:2:F2;0:4:F3;3:1:D1;" LatestVersion="1.1" LatestVersionUrl="http://yourserver/setup.exe" LatestVersionNotes="In this field, insert comments that describe the latest version of your product. This information can be retrieved by your application when checking for updates and displayed to the end user." />
</PRODUCTS>
</LICENSES>