Get license information

Display the license information for a Genero product installed on your machine by using a command line license controller program.

About this task:

The procedure in this topic describes a method you can use to get information about the license of your Genero product using the license controller. Use this procedure, for example, to find out the date the maintenance contract expires or to retrieve the license installation number when you need to register the license and finalize the installation. Alternatively, you can also use the Genero BDL Licenser to display license information, see Display license information with Licenser Application.

Note: This procedure is valid for a local license only. If you are using the Four Js License Manager, see Display License Information (flmprg).

Different licence controller programs are used by different Genero products. The licence controller appropriate for your product is provided in the product package.

Genero product	Licence controller
Genero Enterprise	fglWrt
Genero Mobile	fglWrt
Genero Report Writer for Java, C# and PHP	grXwrt
Genero Report Engine	greWrt

Before you begin:

You must be the root user or the user who installed the software.
You must have set your Genero environment, if you wish to run the license controller program from any directory:
For Genero Enterprise and Mobile products
- FGLDIR must be set to the Genero Business Development Language (BDL) installation directory.
- PATH must include FGLDIR/bin.
For Genero Report Writer products
- GREDIR must be set to the Genero Report Engine (GRE) installation directory.
- PATH must include GREDIR/bin.

From a command prompt, enter <licence_controller> -a info license Where <licence_controller> is the licence controller for the product, for example, fglWrt. License information about the product is displayed along with license type, and number of users, as shown in the examples.

Example of Genero BDL license information:

License      : TW8#AAB0002R 
License key  : JAK5S46GAVGV 
Product      : Four J's Universal Compiler 
Type         : Development version 
Users        : 1
Extension(s) :
        - Enhanced license key format
        - Strict licensing option 
This license is date limited and expires the 2009/03/15 (Year/Month/Day). 
End of maintenance date: 2009/01/01 (Year/Month/Day).

Example of Genero Report Engine license information:

License      : (GRE Built-in license)
Product      : Four Js Genero Report Writer
Type         : Runtime version
CPU(s)       : CPU unlimited
Extension(s) :
        - DVM License under maintenance

Example of Genero Report Writer license information:

License      : TAB#EBE00ZTW
Product      : Genero Report Writer for Java C# PHP
Type         : Development version
Warning! This is a temporary license, installation number is 'CLYA6VXAADI7'.
This temporary installation will expire in 17 day(s).
End of maintenance date: 2016/07/31 (Year/Month/Day)

Note: The installation number is retrieved if the license installation has not been finalized.

The output from the license controller command may display the following details about the installed license:

Server name

Is the name of the license manager server.

TCP Port

Is the port the license manager is listening.

Note: Server name and TCP port details are only displayed if the licensing is managed by a License Manager.

License

Is the value of the license number.

Product

Is the name of the product license. In relation to Genero product, this can be, for example:

Four J's Universal Compiler (for Genero Enterprise and Genero Mobile products)
Four Js Genero Report Writer (for Genero Report Engine)
Genero Report Writer for Java C# PHP (for Genero Report Writer products)

Type

Is the type of license. This can be runtime or development.

Users

Is the maximum number of users allowed.

Extension(s)

Provides information on some specific conditions of the license. For example:

"- Open Database Interface" means that your license allows you to use any database.
A "-Strict licensing option" means that you do not have an option to install as a temporary license. Therefore, the license needs to be registered at the time of license installation.
A "-DVM License under maintenance" applies to a GRE license and indicates that your GRE has also a valid license because your Genero BDL installation has a valid maintenance key. See License types.

The installation number is displayed if the license is a temporary license and the installation has not been finalized.

If the license is date-limited, then the date when the license expires is shown.

End of maintenance date

Is the date the maintenance contract expires.