How to terminate trial early?

I'm testing my application with TurboActivate for the very first time and I followed the example code and it authorized my application for a 30 day trial. I'd like to mess around with the trial extension option in TurboActivate.exe, but I see it won't offer that until the trial actually has expired. Can I cancel this current trial rather than actually waiting 30 days?

Question 2: I'm still mulling over the automatic trial feature, in general. Can I disable automatic trials and only use trial extensions? Do I just set trial days to 0 to make this happen?

>> "I'm still mulling over the automatic trial feature, in general. Can I disable automatic trials and only use trial extensions? Do I just set trial days to 0 to make this happen?"

Yes, setting the trial to 0 will accomplish this.

>> "Can I cancel this current trial rather than actually waiting 30 days?"

No. But you can use the TA_ExtendTrial() function before the trial ends. We don't preset that option in the Wizard because it just adds unnecessary noise to the interface. But you can certainly add it within your app.

Instead of cancelling the trial, can I force the licensing system to think the computer changed? I feel like I'm stuck in 30 day limbo!

No.

The TurboActivate Wizard is completely optional. It's just one way of doing things. It uses the TurboActivate API. And using the TurboActivate API you can extend the trial at any point.

If you'd like to "create a new machine" then you can create a VM image and set the trial length to 0 in LimeLM.

On a different PC, I tried setting trial length to 0 - which did work. But when I created a trial extension of 7 days, TurboActivate.exe reports that the extension key is not valid. "You must enter a valid trial extension".

Do I need a base trial length of at least 1 day for this to work?

Are you using the latest version (4.1.6.0)?

Did you create a verified trial extension? Difference between verified and unverified here: https://wyday.com/limelm/help/trials/

Where do I find the version number? I just downloaded it yesterday, if that helps.

Yes, I used a verified trial extension. It's marked as 'VT' in my list.

If you're in a VM, make sure you allow VMs in the LimeLM interface (obviously, don't do that for production): https://wyday.com/limelm/help/vm-hypervisor-licensing/

Also, make sure you're using the verified trials when calling the TA_UseTrial() function.

Lastly, make sure the trial extension is entered in the TA_ExtendTrial() function and not the TA_CheckAndSavePKey() function. Trial extension are not product keys.

If you're still getting errors more information is needed (parameters used, versions used, error codes returned, etc.).

>> "Where do I find the version number? "

https://wyday.com/limelm/help/faq/#useful-reports

I'm not using TA_ExtendTrial(). I'm using TurboActivate.exe to enter the trial extension. Is that not the correct way to do it? It seems like it has a field that supports this function.

The TurboActivate Wizard does support it:

1. If you use the correct box (don't enter it where the product key goes).

2. If you're using the latest version.

3. If you're using a verified trial extension.

4. If you're using a trial extension generated for the correct product version in LimeLM.

If none of those work and/or if you're running in a VM (see the post above) then it won't work.

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