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CodeMeterAct

Activation of a CodeMeterAct License
Automatic Activation
In the case of CodeMeterAct; instead of a CmStick, a license information file is delivered. This file is comparable to an empty CmStick, and holds the information of the CodeMeterAct Binding Scheme. When automatically activated, a CodeMeterAct license (a context file) is generated from the license information file, the product serial number, and the Host-ID.

The context file generated then is sent from the end-user to the developer. For this the following options exist:

  • Directly from within your software by SOAP: You automatically generate the context file and install the update file. You are also able to easily integrate the activation using an application automatically protected by AxProtector using an error message interface (dll).
  • Directly over a website: An installed CodeMeter Runtime is required, the user accesses the website, and the generation of the context file and the installation of the update file are done automatically.
  • Indirectly over a website: The context file is generated by the user and is uploaded; afterwards the new update file is downloaded and manually installed by the user. This allows activation of a license on a PC which does not have internet access.

Activation by Telephone
The automated activation requires internet access, however, not necessarily on the PC where the license has to be activated. But there must be a way to transfer data by files between this PC and another PC with internet access. In case this requirement is not met, WIBU-SYSTEMS offers activation by telephone. In contrast to the automatic activation, the license information file is not delivered empty, but holds a large part of the necessary information. Only a secret missing part, of the cryptographic keys, is transferred on activation.

With "activation by telephone", an installation identification number (hash) is created for the existing license information file on the user's PC and consists of the Host-ID and the product serial number. The enduser informs the developer's help line of both this installation identification number and the product serial number over the telephone.

When using the CodeMeter License Central the developer calculates the activation code, recites it to the user, who then types it into the application activation window. The license is then activated.

If a developer wants to implement the automatic activation or activation by telephone he is provided with API functions to integrate activation into his software and into his design. For the automatically protected application you will find an implementation example in the error message dll.

Developers are also able to automate the "activation by telephone". Here, a voice-controlled computer or a web page is used instead of a person. In this case, the end-user types in the installation identification, and receives the result by telephone or display.

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