License your ActiveReports during installation, or from Add or Remove Programs if you already have a trial version installed.
When you install a service pack or hot fix on top of a previous version of ActiveReports 6, the Customer Registration screen is not shown during installation. If your previous version was not licensed and you wish to license it now, follow the steps described in To license a trial version of ActiveReports without reinstalling below.
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Caution: When installing on a Vista machine, do not just double-click the exe to install ActiveReports. This will not license the machine. On Windows Vista, you must instead right-click the exe and select Run as Administrator even if you are already the administrator on your machine. |
To license a machine for ActiveReports during installation
To license a trial version of ActiveReports without reinstalling
To check an existing ActiveReports Windows application for licensing
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Caution: If the application containing ActiveReports is not an executable, licensing must be embedded in the calling application, or root level executable, to take effect. |
To license Windows Forms projects made with the trial version
To license Web Forms projects made with the trial version
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Note: For licensing Web Site applications, open the Visual Studio Build menu and select Build Runtime Licenses to create the App_Licenses.dll file. |
Required references in the licenses.licx file (for Standard and Professional Editions)
The licenses.licx file must contain the following references to the ActiveReports 6 version and the reference to the Viewer control:
Standard Edition:
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DataDynamics.ActiveReports.ActiveReport, ActiveReports6, Version=x.x.xxxx.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Viewer.Viewer, ActiveReports.Viewer6, Version=x.x.xxxx.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff |
Professional Edition:
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DataDynamics.ActiveReports.ActiveReport, ActiveReports6, Version=x.x.xxxx.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Web.WebViewer, ActiveReports.Web, Version=x.x.xxxx.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.PdfExport, ActiveReports.PdfExport, Version=x.x.xxxx.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.Designer, ActiveReports.Design6, Version=x.x.xxxx.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Viewer.Viewer, ActiveReports.Viewer6, Version=x.x.xxxx.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff |
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Note: The version number (Version=x.x.xxxx.x) must correspond to the Active Reports 6 version you are using. |
To create the Web Key with the Web Key Generator utility
You can create a Web Key for your ActiveReports project by using the Web Key Generator utility on a machine with the licensed ActiveReports.
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Note: You can find the Web Key Generator utility in the C:\Program Files\Common files\GrapeCity\ActiveReports 6 folder. |
XML code. Paste INSIDE the Web.config file |
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<configuration> <appSettings> <add key=" ActiveReportsLicense " value="Name,Company,SERIAL NUMBER,Generated Hash Code" /> </appSettings> </configuration> |
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Note: If you see the message "Your computer is not currently licensed" in the Web Key Generator dialog, please license your machine. To do that, follow the steps described in the section To license a trial version of ActiveReports without reinstalling that you will find above. |
To license an ActiveReport6 Silverlight project
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To license a Silverlight Class Library project with the ActiveReports 6 Silverlight Viewer
You can license your Silverlight Class Library project that contains the ActiveReports 6 Silverlight Viewer control by running the ActiveReport6 Silverlight Class Library License Generator utility from the Start Menu.
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Note: If your Silverlight application project already contains the license file, you can update it with the license data for the Silverlight class library. To do that, use the Copy button on the ActiveReports 6 License Generator for Silverlight Class Library dialog to copy and then paste the <Product> node from the generated license data to the existing license file. |
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Note: When using the PDF export filter in your project, you should open the licenses.licx file and make sure that it contains a proper reference to the PDF Export Assembly. |
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Important: The SetLicense() Method has been deprecated and can no longer be used for licensing ActiveReports. To learn how to license your ActiveReports, please refer to the sections located above. |
To license ActiveReports on the machine without internet connection, please contact our support team: powersupport@grapecity.com.