Difference between revisions of "Licensing"

Revision as of 12:10, 4 March 2015

The functionality of UBIK^® is tied to a valid license. The most obvious point where the license is checked is at the startup of UBIK^® Studio, where the user will be prompted to activate the product in order to continue working with the software. If this process is cancelled, UBIK^® Studio will fail to start and prompt again at the next attempt.

Activation

Each installation of UBIK^® needs to be activated once, where the activation requires an established connection to the internet.

The activation is done with the Serial Key that ships with your copy of UBIK^®. If the serial was successfully validated, your computer will download a tamper-proof licensing file and store it on your hard disk, so that future starting procedures will not require an internet connection anymore.

Licenses can be issued with limited lifetime (i.e. demos, etc.) and therefore expire at a certain point in time. In this case you need to ask for a new serial and reactivate your installation

Offline activation

If you can't establish an internet connection from the computer you attempt to install UBIK^® on, please consult your sales person and ask for the offline activation procedure.

Q&A

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-Q: Where is the offline licensing file stored?
-A: You can find it in C:\Users\[''User Name'']\AppData\LocalUBIKLicense.xml
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-Q: Can I transfer the licensing file to a new computer?
-A: No. It contains information about your hard- and software and will therefore not work on any other computer than the one it was originally activated
-Q: Can I modify the information in the licensing file?
-A: No. If you modify something in the file it will become invalid