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The License Key browser shows the license keys currently recorded for your software packages. It also shows the information contained in the license keys. For example, it tells you any restrictions associated with your license. (Most MainBoss licenses only allow a limited number of people to access the database simultaneously.)
| Note: Before you can open the License Key browser, you must login as ADMINISTRATOR or as some other user who has appropriate permissions. For more about logging in, see Logging In. |
To open the License Key browser, select Administration —> License Keys from the menu. MainBoss displays a window that contains the following:
- Application Name: The names of software packages for which you are licensed.
- License Key: Your current license keys.
- License Type: An indication of what the license limits. For example, licenses for @Requests typically limit the number of email addresses that can be put on the Requestor list. Licenses for MainBoss itself limit the number of users who can simultaneously access the database. The type field tells what is being limited. Possibilities are:
- Client Model: Limits the number of different "clients" who can connect to the MainBoss database simultaneously. Roughly speaking, a client is a single user at a single computer. For example, if the same person has three copies of MainBoss running on his/her computer, it still counts as a single client-MainBoss can tell that all three connections come from the same person. (However, if people connect to MainBoss using Microsoft's Terminal Server, each Terminal Server connection counts as a separate client.)
- Seat Model: A limit on the number of computers where the software is actually authorized for use.
- Session Model: A limit on the number of sessions that can connect to the MainBoss database. For example, if the same person has three copies of MainBoss running on his/her computer, it would count as three sessions (even though it's only one client).
- Table Limit Model: A limit on the number of entries in a particular table. For example, @Requests is limited by the number of entries in the Requestor table.
- License Count: The number associated with license type. For example, if this license limits the number of @Requests requestors, "License Count" gives the maximum number of requestors allowed.
- Expiry Model: Every license key may expire under a given set of circumstances. "Expiry Model" indicates how the license will expire. Possibilities are:
- Demonstration Expiry: The key only allows the software to be used in Demonstration Mode. Demonstration mode has different effects on different packages; for example, with MainBoss itself, Demonstration mode puts limits on the number of work requests, work orders, etc. that can be created. It also means that MainBoss Demonstration will be printed across all printed reports. In @Requests, Demo mode means that the server only runs for an hour, then shuts down; this gives a potential customer time to test the software, but should discourage unlicensed use.
- Calendar Expiry: The key expires on a certain date. After that date, the software will only continue to work in Demo mode.
- Version Expiry: The key is good for all versions of the software produced up to a particular date. For example, if the date is "December 31, 2003" the license key would be good for all versions of the software produced up to the end of 2003. This is what we use for Annual Support Plan customers. For example, if someone renews up to Dec. 31, 2003, we give that customer a license key that's good for all releases up to that date. That way, the customer can just download new releases without needing to get a new license key.
Note the difference between Calendar Expiry and Version Expiry. With a calendar expiry, the software stops working after that date. With version expiry, existing software continues to work indefinitely; however, you can't install new releases that were created after the given date unless you get a new key.
- Expiry Date: Appears for Calendar Expiry and Version Expiry licenses. It gives the date the license expires. For Demonstration Expiry, the date is blank.
- License ID: A code number used to identify and check the license, so that several license keys with identical attributes can still be distinct.
- Edit: Opens a window where you can change an existing license key.
- New: Opens a window where you can enter a new license key.
- Delete: Deletes an existing license key.
- Search: Searches for a particular key in the table.
- Done: Closes the window
For more information on changing or entering license keys, see Entering New License Keys.
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