ActivateLicense

Description

Activates a license key over the internet.

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

Parameters

Response XML format

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

Example

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);
             }
         }
      }
}