You can license Genero products using the Genero Licenser program as described in this
topic.
About this task:The procedure in this topic describes a method you can use to
install a license using the Genero Licenser. If you have internet access from the machine you are
installing the license, you can also register the license to complete the licensing
process.
Before you begin:
- You must have your product's license number and license key to hand.
- You need a valid maintenance key. If you do not have this, please contact your local
sales office to purchase a new maintenance contract.
- Make sure you have the Customer code delivered by Four Js with your product.
Typically, this is delivered by email with license number, license key, and maintenance
key. If you do not have a Customer code, please contact your local sales
office.
- If a license already exists, you must first uninstall the license, see Uninstall a local license
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Launch the Genero Licenser application either from within the product interface menu, or from the desktop by selecting the required Genero Licenser application tool
from your Four Js program list:
- Genero BDL Licenser (for Genero Enterprise or Genero Mobile products)
- Genero Report Engine for Java Licenser (for Genero Report Writer products)
- Genero Report Engine Licenser (for Genero Report Engine (GRE))
The Four Js Licensing Application opens.
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Enter your license number and license key, and click Install
license.
The installation number field is automatically updated
with an installation number and Licensing status is updated with "Temporary
information stored" to indicate that you now have a temporary license.
Register the license
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If you have internet access from the machine you are installing the license, select the
Install using Four Js Activation server option to complete the
license installation:
Figure 1. Example registering the license with Genero BDL Licenser
If you need to go out through a proxy, you will have to provide the required
information here. But if you have direct access to the internet, you can just leave the
HTTP proxy and Port options blank.
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In the Login field, enter your customer code.
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Select Install Keys
If the response from the activation server is good, a window pops up displaying
“Licence successfully installed”.
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Click OK to continue.
The maintenance key is automatically installed at the same time, so another
window pops up displaying “Maintenance key successfully installed”.
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Click OK to continue.
License status updated:
- The Licensing status field is updated; “temporary information
stored” has been replaced with “License installation successful”.
- In the field under Licensing status you will see the
maintenance expiry date appears after the End of maintenance date: This means
that your maintenance key is valid until the date displayed.
Your product is now fully licensed.
Registering the license on the product website
If you do
not have internet access, follow the procedure to register the license on
the product web site manually as described in
Register the license, and
then continue with the installation procedure described in
Install installation key / update maintenance key.
Note: Until registration is
completed:
- Your Genero product has a temporary license, which means that all product features
are available for use for 30 days.
- You also have 30 days to fully complete the license installation.