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Online Activation

On a computer with internet connection, the activate command can be used to activate one or several licenses on a license carrier (computer, Keyman). Define your license carrier with the help of parameters.

Possible parameters: ActivationKey, Verbose and the parameter groups License Carrier and Licenses.

Note

Note

Only one license is activated for each material number from the activation key if no parameters are defined. Licenses that are already assigned to the selected license carrier are preferred.

Cross Reference

Cross Reference

To manage your proxy settings, refer to the parameter overview.

Procedure

Step by Step Procedure

  1. If necessary, connect the license carrier where the licenses are to be activated.
  2. Open the command line interface.
  3. Enter the following command and set the parameters according to your use case:
VectorLicenseClient -activate -activationKey <key> -licenses <License list> [-dongle | -local | -deviceSerial <serial>] [-verbose]
  1. Press <Enter>.
    Note: Depending on the number of the products to be activated, the process can take some time.
    The notification Activation finished appears.
    The licenses have been activated successfully.

Example

Examples

  • Activation of the licenses 388669, 388677, 388699, 388703 from the activation key QEV3K-BZPC8-E62DR-TRCR3-GL9XF on (single) connected dongle:
    VectorLicenseClient -a -activationKey QEV3K-BZPC8-E62DR-TRCR3-GL9XF -dongle
    -licenses "388669;388677;388699;388703"