How to bind a license to a computer

Binding a license to a computer ensures that a license key cannot be used on more than one computer.

On Windows, QLM provides many options for binding the license to a computer. These options are documented here.

We recommend setting the license binding to QlmUniqueSystemIdentifier2. This binding automatically determines if the application is running on a physical machine or a virtual machine and use the most appropriate binding depending on the customer's environment.

To use QlmUniqueSystemIdentifier2, you must do the following:

• Launch the QLM Management Console

• Go to the Protect Your Application tab

• Step through the wizard

• Select your product and your License Server

• On the "Customize Look & Feel and behavior tab", set the QlmLicenseBinding property to QlmUniqueSystemIdentifier2 (in the QLM License Properties section)

• Complete the wizard to generate the LicenseValidator class and the XML Settings file

• Update your application to use the newly generated files

• Update your application by setting the license binding to QlmUniqueSystemIdentifier2 before calling the ValidateLicenseAtStartup function