LICENSE4J LICENSE MANAGER USER GUIDE VERSION 4.7.2 LICENSE4J www.license4j.com LICENSE4J License Manager User Guide Table of Contents Getting Started ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Managing Products ................................................................................................................................. 6 Create Product ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Edit Product ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Refresh, Delete Product ................................................................................................................... 8 Disable and Enable Product Use ................................................................................................... 8 Change Product Category .............................................................................................................. 10 View Key Pair...................................................................................................................................... 10 Product Update Notifications ........................................................................................................ 12 Managing Categories ........................................................................................................................... 13 Create, Edit Categories .................................................................................................................. 13 Refresh, Delete Categories ........................................................................................................... 14 Backup and Restore Products ...................................................................................................... 14 Managing Licenses ............................................................................................................................... 15 Generate New License .................................................................................................................... 18 Generate New License in Bulk ..................................................................................................... 32 View License ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Modify License .................................................................................................................................... 33 Clone License ...................................................................................................................................... 34 Delete License .................................................................................................................................... 34 Export License .................................................................................................................................... 34 Export Licenses to CSV File .......................................................................................................... 34 Search License ................................................................................................................................... 35 Test License ........................................................................................................................................ 36 License Deactivation ........................................................................................................................ 37 Manage License Templates ........................................................................................................... 38 Manage Activations .......................................................................................................................... 38 Manage Online Basic Key Usage ................................................................................................. 41 Automatic License Generation Settings ................................................................................... 43 Display License Generation URL ................................................................................................. 47 Display HTML Form Source for License Generation ............................................................ 48 1 LICENSE4J License Manager User Guide Send License E-Mail ......................................................................................................................... 50 License Messages.............................................................................................................................. 52 License Tags ....................................................................................................................................... 54 License Use Update (last time used & total use count) ..................................................... 54 License Use Tracking ....................................................................................................................... 55 Managing Modification Keys ............................................................................................................. 56 Modification Key Generation ......................................................................................................... 58 Modification Key Generation in Bulk ......................................................................................... 61 Manage Modification Key Templates ......................................................................................... 62 Manage Modification Key Auto Generation Settings ........................................................... 64 Customer List ......................................................................................................................................... 67 Tools and Options ................................................................................................................................. 67 Database Storage Options ............................................................................................................ 68 Online.License4J Settings .............................................................................................................. 69 Online Storage Connection Options ........................................................................................... 69 Account Information ........................................................................................................................ 70 Log Viewer ........................................................................................................................................... 71 Hardware ID Use ................................................................................................................................... 72 License4J Auto License Generation and Activation Server ................................................... 73 License4J Runtime Library Integration ......................................................................................... 79 ValidationStatus ................................................................................................................................ 79 ActivationStatus ................................................................................................................................ 82 ModificationStatus ............................................................................................................................ 84 License Validation Code ................................................................................................................. 86 Easy License Validation Code ....................................................................................................... 86 Basic and Cryptographically Secure License Key Validation ............................................ 88 License Text Validation ................................................................................................................... 90 Floating License Text Validation ................................................................................................. 90 Online License Key Floating Over Internet Validation ........................................................ 94 Auto License Activation .................................................................................................................. 98 Manual License Activation ........................................................................................................... 100 Auto License Deactivation ........................................................................................................... 101 2 LICENSE4J License Manager User Guide Manual License Deactivation ...................................................................................................... 101 Manual License Modification ....................................................................................................... 102 License Availability (Blacklist) Check ...................................................................................... 103 Product Update Check ................................................................................................................... 104 Product Update Message 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