This topic explains how to migrate license information for your ActiveReports project from an older version.

The process of licensing an ActiveReports application is different for each version. Migrate license information for Windows or Web projects as follows.

Windows Application

In your Windows application, check that the licenses.licx file contains the appropriate licensing strings. When upgrading from a previous version, remove the old information and update the license strings in the licenses.licx file. You can find the full list of license strings that you may need for licensing in the License Your ActiveReports topic Required references in the licenses.licx file (for Standard and Professional Editions) section.
Here are how the licensing strings appear before and after migration.

• Before migration (ActiveReports 1/2/3)
  DataDynamics.ActiveReports.ActiveReport, ActiveReports
• Before migration (ActiveReports 6)
  DataDynamics.ActiveReports.ActiveReport, ActiveReports
DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Viewer.Viewer, ActiveReports.Viewer6
DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.PdfExport, ActiveReports.PdfExport
• Before migration (ActiveReports 7)
  GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.PdfExport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.
• Before migration (ActiveReports 9)
  GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v9
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.v9
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.PdfExport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.v9
• Before migration (ActiveReports 10)
  GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v10
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.v10
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.PdfExport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.v10
• Before migration (ActiveReports 11)
  GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v11
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.v11
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.PdfExport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.v11

• After migration (ActiveReports 12)
  GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v12
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.v12
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.PdfExport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.v12

Web Application

When migrating from ActiveReports versions 1, 2, and 3, you can find the license strings in the Web.config file. In ActiveReports 6 or above, the license strings are in the licenses.licx file. You can remove the old information from the Web.config file and update the necessary licensing strings in the project. For more details, please see the License Your ActiveReports topic Required references in the licenses.licx file (for Standard and Professional Editions) section.

• Before migration (Web.Config file)

  The following information is not required in ActiveReports 6 or above.

  <Configuration>
      (...)
<appSettings>
　　<add key="DataDynamicsARLic" value="xxxxxxx,xxxxxxxxxx,xxxxxxxxxx,xxxxxxxxxxxxx" />
</appSettings>
     （...）
</Configuration>
  
• After migration (licenses.licx file)

  For example, if you are creating a Web application that uses the WebViewer, add the following strings to the licenses.licx file in the project.

  GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v12
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.PdfExport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.v12
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.WebViewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.v12

• You may also face an error due to the compiled license information of previous version mentioned in the Bin folder of the project. If the error occurs even after including the correct information in the license file, remove App_Licenses.dll available in the Bin folder