- Basics
- Getting started with LimeLM
- Types of software licensing
- What are Activations & Deactivations?
- How hardware-locked licensing and online activation works
- How to switch your licensing to LimeLM, TurboActivate, and TurboFloat
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
- Adding users to manage your LimeLM account
- Custom license fields
- Extra activation data
- Using TurboActivate
- Timed trials in your app
- Basics for TurboFloat (floating licenses)
- TurboFloat Server
- Using TurboFloat
- Advanced
- Account security
- Offline activation
- How to generate product keys after an order
- SaaS and time-limited licensing
- Proxies in TurboActivate
- Licensing multiple products per process
- Licensing from inside a virtual machine or hypervisor
- Web API
- LimeLM web API functions
- Overview
- Encoding
- Response Formats
- REST
- JSON
- feature
- add
- delete
- edit
- getAll
- pkey
- activity
- advancedSearch
- deactivate
- delete
- find
- generate
- getDetails
- getID
- manualActivation
- manualDeactivation
- removeTag
- revoke
- setDetails
- setTags
- prod
- getAll
- create
- createVers
- changeName
- editVers
- tag
- delete
- test
- echo
- trial
- advancedSearch
- manualVerifiedTrial
- trialExtension
- delete
- generate
- getDetails
- getID
- search
Using the TurboActivate wizard
The TurboActivate wizard is an optional executable that you can include with your application. It's an easy to use interface for customers to enter their product key, activate (online activation or offline activation), and extend their trial. It looks like the activation wizard you see when you install Microsoft Office or Windows and it's exceedingly easy to use for even the most inexperienced end-users.
Translate TurboActivate
You can translate the TurboActivate wizard from English to your language by creating, editing, and downloading translations. Then using the translation is as simple as this:
TurboActivate.exe YourLanguage.xml
Load an alternative TurboActivate.dat file
TurboActivate loads the details about your app from the TurboActivate.dat file sitting in the same directory as the TurboActivate.exe file. You can specify an alternative location by using the --pdets="<filename>" coommandline switch:
TurboActivate.exe --pdets="C:\Loc\To\TurboActivate.dat"
This is equivalent to the PDetsFromPath() function in the TurboActivate API.
Proxy
TurboActivate uses the proxy settings configured for the computer (see: Proxies in TurboActivate). You can use an alternative proxy by commandline like this:
TurboActivate.exe --proxy="http://username:password@host:port/"
Trial / Product key at userlevel
The TurboActivate wizard uses the "system-wide" activations by default. You can tell the wizard to use "user-wide" activations and trials by using the --userlevel commandline switch:
TurboActivate.exe --userlevel
Verified and Unverified trials
The first time the TurboActivate Wizard is run on a computer it starts a verified trial. If you would prefer it start an unverified trial instead, pass the --unverified commandline switch:
TurboActivate.exe --unverified
Extra data
You can also pass extra data that wil be displayed in the LimeLM interface next to an activation.
TurboActivate.exe --extradata="Bob's-PC"
Return codes
The TurboActivate wizard returns 0 for all cases except one. That one case is when TurboActivate exits to focus another running TurboActivate wizard instance. When that happens the return code is "42".
Starting an app after a successful activation
If you're using the TurboActivate wizard as the way users activate your app we recommend launching the TurboActivate.exe file and then waiting around for it to exit. Then, after the TurboActivate wizard has exited, check IsActivated() and continue executing your app based on that value.
However, an alternative to that method is to launch TurboActivate.exe and specify an app to launch after a successful activation.
TurboActivate.exe --startonsuccess="C:\Location\To\Your App.exe"