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RE: Tells us about how to do license file.

Jonas Hogstrom — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:05:06 GMT

In addition to having your license installed on the machine, the project needs to have a license.licx-file in order for the compiler to know how to embed the runtime license as a resource into your executable. The licenses.licx-file is a textfile with the following line in it:

[code]Eco.Handles.DefaultEcoSpace, Eco.Handles[/code]

It should be in the same project as your ecospace. If you have such a file, you should be able to see the license resource if you open the dll with reflector:
[code]
000000: 00 01 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 .....????.......
000010: 00 10 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 06 02 00 00 00 1C ................
000020: 41 53 50 50 52 4F 56 49 44 45 52 44 45 4D 4F 2E ASPPROVIDERDEMO.
000030: 45 43 4F 53 50 41 43 45 2E 44 4C 4C 09 03 00 00 ECOSPACE.DLL....
000040: 00 04 03 00 00 00 1C 53 79 73 74 65 6D 2E 43 6F .......System.Co
000050: 6C 6C 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 73 2E 48 61 73 68 74 61 llections.Hashta
000060: 62 6C 65 07 00 00 00 0A 4C 6F 61 64 46 61 63 74 ble.....LoadFact
000070: 6F 72 07 56 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 08 43 6F 6D 70 61 or.Version.Compa
000080: 72 65 72 10 48 61 73 68 43 6F 64 65 50 72 6F 76 rer.HashCodeProv
000090: 69 64 65 72 08 48 61 73 68 53 69 7A 65 04 4B 65 ider.HashSize.Ke
0000A0: 79 73 06 56 61 6C 75 65 73 00 00 03 03 00 05 05 ys.Values.......
0000B0: 0B 08 1C 53 79 73 74 65 6D 2E 43 6F 6C 6C 65 63 ...System.Collec
0000C0: 74 69 6F 6E 73 2E 49 43 6F 6D 70 61 72 65 72 24 tions.IComparer$
0000D0: 53 79 73 74 65 6D 2E 43 6F 6C 6C 65 63 74 69 6F System.Collectio
0000E0: 6E 73 2E 49 48 61 73 68 43 6F 64 65 50 72 6F 76 ns.IHashCodeProv
0000F0: 69 64 65 72 08 EC 51 38 3F 01 00 00 00 0A 0A 0B ider.?Q8?.......
000100: 00 00 00 09 04 00 00 00 09 05 00 00 00 10 04 00 ................
000110: 00 00 01 00 00 00 06 06 00 00 00 64 45 63 6F 2E ...........dEco.
000120: 48 61 6E 64 6C 65 73 2E 45 63 6F 53 70 61 63 65 Handles.EcoSpace
000130: 2C 20 45 63 6F 2E 48 61 6E 64 6C 65 73 2C 20 56 , Eco.Handles, V
000140: 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 3D 35 2E 30 2E 30 2E 30 2C 20 ersion=5.0.0.0,
000150: 43 75 6C 74 75 72 65 3D 6E 65 75 74 72 61 6C 2C Culture=neutral,
000160: 20 50 75 62 6C 69 63 4B 65 79 54 6F 6B 65 6E 3D PublicKeyToken=
000170: 34 36 61 38 33 33 62 65 39 65 39 30 64 65 38 63 46a833be9e90de8c
000180: 10 05 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 06 07 00 00 00 27 XX ..............'X
000190: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX-XXX-XXXX-XXX
0001A0: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX
0001B0: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX X-XXXX.
[/code]

RE: Tells us about how to do license file.

mtiede — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:24:12 GMT

I know that. And I could figure it out. And I have the original email.

My complaint was in the handling at runtime. Rather than say "This is a trial limited to 12 classes" and make me try and remember what I did a year or more ago (which is pretty difficult for me), or find the old email, why not have the error message say "Click here if you have a license to apply." OR "Go to the Tools|About Eco to apply your license key."? Or "Click here to apply the license key you received by email".

Just a rant. And a suggestion.

But thanks. I have applied the key now.

RE: Tells us about how to do license file.

danielrail — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:37:31 GMT

Hi,

Here's what I received in a e-mail:

To install the license key, first install the product, then start Visual Studio. In the Tools menu, select "About ECO", and press the button "Enter license".

Tells us about how to do license file.

mtiede — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:05:27 GMT

I got a new machine recently and put Eco 5 on there. I haven't done anything real with it yet because I want to use it with Silverlight.

But I have been trying to refamiliarize myself with it partially to be ready for Silverlight later and partially to introduce it to a new employee.

So I just imported this employee's database into the model. And I don't know what I did, but I got a message about this is a trial version and limited to 12 classes.

It should NOT be. So after searching the forum, I am reminded where to supply the license file (if I can find where it was on the old machine).

But it would have been better if the original message had either TOLD me what to do and where to do it, or better yet, take me there. I suppose saying the warning is better than nothing, but not by much for the beginner.