- 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
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- 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
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- Web API
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- getDetails
- getID
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Using TurboActivate & TurboFloat on macOS (Mac OS X)
TurboActivate and TurboFloat run natively on macOS (see requirements) and you can use it from any programming language. This article will show you some tips and tricks specific to macOS. You should use this article alongside one of the following:
- Using TurboActivate with Adobe AIR
- Using TurboActivate with C, C++, & Objective-C
- Using TurboActivate with Delphi
- Using TurboActivate with Go
- Using TurboActivate with NodeJS or Electron
- Using TurboActivate with Java
- Using TurboActivate with Python
- Using TurboActivate with Xojo (Real Studio / Real Basic)
Before you can do anything, you need to login to your LimeLM account (or sign up) and download the TurboActivate-Mac.zip. This zip contains the libTurboActivate.dylib along with source code examples.
"TurboActivate.dat" location
TurboActivate loads the "TurboActivate.dat" file from the same directory as the executable. If you want to load the "TurboActivate.dat" file from a directory other than the one the executable's path, then use the TA_PDetsFromPath() function.
Adding "libTurboActivate.dylib" to your application bundle
If you're making a C, C++, or Objective-C app (and you're not using the static library version of TurboActivate) then you need to make sure your application can find the "libTurboActivate.dylib" file at runtime. In Xcode you can do this by setting the "Runpath Search Paths" project setting:
Use the "@executable_path" variable to load "libTurboActivate.dylib" relative to your app's binary. For instance, if "libTurboActivate.dylib" will be in the same path as your binary then you should set "Runpath Search Paths" to the following:
@executable_path/.
If you want "libTurboActivate.dylib" to be in the "Frameworks" directory of your app bundle, then you can set "Runpath Search Paths" to:
@executable_path/../Frameworks
Other commandline compilers
If you're building your app from commandline use the -rpath linker option. For instance, if you want to load libTurboActivate.dylib from your app's executable path, then the compiler options will look something like the following:
cc -o main ... -Wl,-rpath,@executable_path/.
If you want the *.dylib to be in the "Frameworks" directory in your *.app bundle, then the compiler options will look something like this:
cc -o main ... -Wl,-rpath,@executable_path/../Frameworks
Getting the version number of libTurboActivate.dylib
The version number is embedded in the *.dylib file. You can get it in human readable form by typing the following line in Terminal:
otool -L libTurboActivate.dylib
The output will be several lines long. The version number is on the second line before the closing parentheses. For example:
libTurboActivate.dylib:
@rpath/libTurboActivate.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 4.0.5)
...
Using the static library (libTurboActivate.a)
If you're using C, C++, or Objective-C then you also have the option of using the static library version of TurboActivate. In addition to including libTurboActivate.a in your project you also need to add references to the following Frameworks and libraries:
- CoreFoundation.framework
- CoreServices.framework
- Foundation.framework
- IOKit.framework
- SystemConfiguration.framework
- libcurl.dylib
- libc++.dylib
You can do this in XCode by setting the "Other Linker Flags" for the target as the following:
-lc++ -lcurl -framework CoreFoundation -framework CoreServices -framework Foundation -framework IOKit -framework SystemConfiguration