Floating License Registration

Floating License Registration

Help > Floating License Registration menu command calls 'Floating License' dialog.

Floating License is intended for usage in TCP/IP net. It consists of program “CS Floating License Server” and of copies of ABViewer or some other CadSoftTools products installed on computers in the TCP/IP net.

A multi-user floating license uses a server to issue licenses to remote applications. The CS Floating License Server can be run under Windows NT platform (NT 4, 2000, XP, 2003) Server or Workstation.

Floating License allows you to use ABViewer on several computers. Every time a client uses a floating license he/she connects to the CS Floating License Server and gets ("leases") a license from that server and the number of available licenses on this server is decreased. When client finishes its work, the license is returned to the Floating License Server and it is available for other machines.

Note: using Floating Licenses allows to save your money. For instance: if you have several computers which will not use ABViewer at once you don’t need to purchase licenses for all your computers. It is just enough to purchase Floating License for the estimated most number of simultaneously run copies of ABViewer. Then program CS Floating License Server must be installed on a computer under Windows NT platform (NT 4, 2000, XP, 2003) Server or Workstation for storing and managing registration data. Then ABViewer can be run everywhere where it can get access to TCP/IP net. And it is not necessary to reenter registration data every time when reloading.

Use Floating License Server: set on this option for using Floating License Registration:

Important: when Use Floating License Server option is switched on ABViewer ignores registration data entered in 'ABViewer Registration Dialog' (when registering on Help > Register ABViewer menu command).