License Types

1. From the Start menu, go to All Programs (or All apps) > GrapeCity > License Manager, or during installation, select Activate now and the dialog will appear automatically.
2. In the GrapeCity License Manager window that appears, under Action click Activate.
   
   

3. On the Activate ActiveReports 12 dialog that appears, click the Next button.
4. In the Enter a Product Key screen that appears next, enter the following information:
   • User Name: Enter your name here.
   • Organization: Enter your company name here.
   • Email: Enter your e-mail address here.
   • Product Key: Enter the product key exactly as you received it from GrapeCity, including any capital letters. When you enter the product key, a green check mark appears next to this field to indicate a valid key.
     
     

5. Click the Next and then the Finish button to complete the licensing process.

1. At the time of installation, on the last screen a check box that states Run license manager appears. Select this checkbox and click the Close button to complete the installation.
2. In the GrapeCity License Manager window that appears, under the Action field, click Activate.
   
   

3. In the Activate ActiveReports 12 screen that appears, click the Next button.
4. In the Enter a Product Key screen that appears next, enter the following information:
   • User Name: Enter your name here.
   • Organization: Enter your company name here.
   • Email: Enter your e-mail address here.
   • Product Key: Enter the product key exactly as you received it from GrapeCity, including any capital letters. When you enter the product key, a green check mark appears next to this field to indicate a valid key.
     
     

5. Click the Next button to authenticate the license.
6. If your machine does not have an internet connection, select the Use a browser on another machine with Internet connectivity option from the following screen and click the Next button.
   
   

7. From the Activate using the GrapeCity web site screen that appears, copy the Product Key and Authentication Number.
   
   

8. On another machine with an internet connection, go to https://sas.grapecity.com/activation. Remember not to close the activation dialog on your original machine until the activation process is complete.
9. Enter the Product Key and Authentication Number you copied in step 7 on this website.
   
   

10. Click the Send Request button to generate a license key.
11. Copy the license key from the web page that looks like the following image and in the Activate using GrapeCity web site dialog under step 3, enter the key.
    
    

12. Click the Next and then the Finish button to complete the licensing process.

You can only activate a single developer license key for ActiveReports on three machines for use by one developer.

If you have used all three of the license activations and you want to license a fourth machine, for example, a virtual machine for use by the same licensed developer, you must deactivate the license key from one of the other machines. For more information, drop down the section below titled "To deactivate an ActiveReports license."

After you have deactivated licensing on one of the machines, you can activate ActiveReports on another machine.

To use your ActiveReports license on another machine  for your own use when you have used up all three of your activations, you can deactivate it on one machine.

1. From the Start menu, go to All Programs (or All apps) > GrapeCity > License Manager.
2. In the GrapeCity License Manager window that appears, under Action click Deactivate.
3. In the Deactivate ActiveReports 12 page that appears, select the Next button.
4. In the Confirm the Product screen that appears, confirm that the correct product is getting deactivated and click the Next button.
5. The Deactivation Successful screen appears with the Product Name as ActiveReports 12 and the Current Status as Trial License (number of days left).

If you want to change your ActiveReports license type you need to do one of the following:

Upgrade from a Standard to a Professional License:

1. From the Start menu, go to All Programs (or All apps) > GrapeCity > License Manager.
2. In the GrapeCity License Manager window that appears, under Upgrade/Downgrade click Upgrade to Professional License.
3. Follow the activation steps from step 3 of To license an ActiveReports Trial without reinstalling to upgrade.

Downgrade from a Professional to a Standard License:

1. From the Start menu, go to All Programs > GrapeCity > License Manager.
2. In the GrapeCity License Manager window that appears, under Upgrade/Downgrade, click Downgrade to Standard License.
3. In the Deactivate ActiveReports 12 page that appears, select the Next button.
4. In the Confirm the Product screen that appears, confirm that the correct product is being downgraded and click the Next button.
5. The Deactivation Successful screen appears with the Product Name as ActiveReports 12 and the Current Status as Standard License.

1. In Visual Studio, open any sample from the included samples located in C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\GrapeCity Samples\ActiveReports 12.
2. Open one of the reports in the sample and click the Preview tab.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the report. If there is red evaluation text, the machine is not licensed.

These steps assume that you already have an ActiveReports licensed edition installed on your system.

1. Open the project in Microsoft Visual Studio.
   Note: If another application calls the one containing ActiveReports features, you must license the calling application to avoid evaluation banners after deployment.
2. Go to the Visual Studio Build menu and select Rebuild Solution.
3. To verify that the application is licensed, open the licenses.licx file and compare it to the Required references section below.

The executable application is now licensed, and no nag screens or evaluation banners appear when you run it. You can distribute the application to unlicensed machines and no nag screens or evaluation banners appear.

The licenses.licx file must contain the following references to ActiveReports if you were using both Section and Page reports, and both Windows and WPF viewers. See the table below for the references to the ActiveReports version and the reference to the Viewer control.

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v12
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v12
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.v12
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Wpf.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Wpf.v12                                        

Here are all of the license strings that you may need:

Follow these steps after you license ActiveReports on your machine.

1. Open the project in Microsoft Visual Studio.
2. Open the Visual Studio Build menu and select Rebuild Solution.
3. The web site application is now licensed. You can distribute the web site application to unlicensed machines and no evaluation banners appear.

Follow these steps after you license ActiveReports on your machine.

1. Open the project in Visual Studio.
2. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the licenses.licx file and select select Build Runtime Licenses to create the App_Licenses.dll file.

The web site application is now licensed. You can distribute the web site application to unlicensed machines and no evaluation banners appear.

To provide licensing for medium trust projects with ActiveReports, you can generate a web key using the Web Key Generator utility on a machine with licensed ActiveReports.

1. From the C:\Program Files (x86)\GrapeCity\ActiveReports 12\Tools folder, run the WebKeyGenerator.exe.
2. In the dialog that appears, click Copy.
   Note: In your web.config file, if you already have content in your <configuration> and <appSettings> elements, you can use the first Copy button to copy only the web key. If not, you can use the second Copy button to copy the whole <configuration> section.
   

3. In your project web.config file, between the opening and closing <configuration> tags (or in place of them, if they are empty) paste the web key so that it looks like the following. 

   XML code. Paste INSIDE the Web.config file	Copy Code
   <configuration> <appSettings> <add key=" ActiveReports 12 License" value="Generated Web Key" /> </appSettings> </configuration>

Follow these steps after you license ActiveReports on your machine.

1. Open the project for the root-level calling application, that is, the executable that calls your class library, in Visual Studio.
   Note: If you do not have access to this project, see "To license ActiveReports when you cannot compile the calling application."
2. From the Project menu, select Add New Item, and the select an ActiveReports report. (You can delete it later. This is only to add the references to the project.)
3. Open the Visual Studio Build menu and select Rebuild Solution.
4. Check the licenses.licx file and verify that ActiveReports licensing is added for all of the features used in your project.

When you are not able to compile the calling application in .NET, whether because you don't have access to build a third-party project, or because the calling application is COM, you can still license ActiveReports using the Application License Generator utility.

Definition: A calling application is the root-level application that the user initiates to eventually access your compiled assembly. This could be an executable, a web page, a COM executable, etc.

Follow these steps after you license ActiveReports on your machine.

1. From the C:\Program Files (x86)\GrapeCity\ActiveReports 12\Tools folder, run the ApplicationLicenseGenerator.exe. If you are using a Windows 7 or higher machine, right click the executable file and select Run As Administrator.
   

   

2. Click the Browse button and select the compiled dll that requires licensing.
3. In the Assembly description field, enter the description for the assembly that you are licensing. You can later view this description by right-clicking the licensed assembly.
4. Click the Generate button.
5. Distribute the generated file <AssemblyName>.GrapeCity.Licenses.dll along with the application.