Not yet. Do you need this? If so, we'll bump it up in priority.
Also, if they have access to email, wouldn't they also have access to the internet?
Manual Activation
jmarverI've seen a question or two regarding this topic but didn't fully understand the answer so my apologies for asking it again. Does LimeLM support manual activations? In other words, if a pc is not connected to the Internet, is it possible to generate and then send (email) a manual activation code to the user to complete the activation?
Thanks!
jmarverYes, we would need the ability to do manual activations. We have large government clients that typically don't have normal Internet access so an IT person will request manual activation codes (via email) to activate the software on their machines.
Hey Jeff,
That makes sense. I've answered this question in the email you sent us, but I'll answer it here too.
We'll add this ability by the end of September. We can add it sooner if your schedule is tight.
Ok, we've added manual activation (aka. offline activation). In addition to manually activating from the LimeLM interface, you can use the web API to create a self-serve type form on your website. We have fully baked examples of this written for ASP.NET (C# and VB.NET) and PHP. Get the latest web API example pack from your API page (requires login).
seanix99Great news,
but the jobs is half done. You publish an API for offline activation, but you did not update TurboActivate.exe to be able to use this new feature. So every one here will have to program his offline solution. I think it very simple to add it in the current TurboActivate.exe.
SM
Great news,
but the jobs is half done.
That's true. We are rolling it out in 2 phases. The first phase is what you see -- full client-side API with the ActivationRequestToFile() and ActivateFromFile() along with full server-side API and interface for manually activating.
In TurboActivate 2.8 or 2.9 (by the end of next week) we'll be adding a dead-simple end-user interface to TurboActivate.exe. That is, when TurboActivate.exe fails to activate due to internet problems, it will display a simple screen where the user can generate an activation request file with the click of a button and also read in an activation response file.
The reason we split up is some of our users who used only the TurboActivate.dll needed this functionality ASAP.
But thanks for keeping us on our toes. 😉
We've released TurboActivate 2.9, which has the TurboActivate wizard that allows the user to get the activation request with a single click, and use the activation response with a single click. There's a screenshot on the offline activation article.