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Activating and Returning Licenses Silently
Information Technology engineers may want to activate or return MapInfo Professional node-locked or
distributed licenses silently, using a log file for reports. The return process described in this section can
also return a borrowed license to the server. This section describes these processes.
Activating a Node-Locked or Distributed License Silently
Before making any hardware changes to your PC (such as disk re-formatting) please remember to
transfer your activated license back to Pitney Bowes Software Inc. or to your License Server. After your
hardware has been changed you may then re-activate your license.
A node-locked license is a permanent license that originates from the Pitney Bowes Software Inc. FNO
server. A distributed license is a permanent license that originates from a License Server owned by your
company. This same process works for both types of license activations.
To activate a node-locked or distributed license silently:
1. Collect the information you need to install MapInfo Professional on the client’s computer, including
the appropriate serial number and access code. For distributed licenses, you also need to enter your
license server’s name and port number.
2. In the client computer’s command line, type:
path to application\MapInfow.exe -ActivateLicense c:\mylog.txt
where c:\mylog.txt is the path and name of a log file that tracks the details (successes and errors)
of the activation process. The log file is optional.
If you do not specify a log file, as in the example below, the application creates a file called
activatelicense.log
in your temp folder.
Note:
One of these events occur:
• If the serial number begins with MID, the application attempts to activate a distributed license
• If the serial number begins with MIN, the application attempts to activate a node-locked license
• There was an error in the activation process that requires correcting
To view the results of the activation process after it is complete, open the log file with any text editor.
Possible log file messages include:
What to Do Message
The activation process is complete. Your node lock license was activated successfully.
The activation process is complete. Your distributed license was activated successfully.
The activation process is complete. A license was already activated. No new license
is activated.
Check the log file to see which component (serial
number, activation code, or for distributed licenses,
server name or port number) is missing or incorrect. One of the license components is incorrect or
missing.
Check your License Server and to review the
type(s) of licenses that are available. Your client No license was activated as your license appears
to be a concurrent or borrow type license.
may need to get a concurrent or borrow a license
instead. See
Starting and Activating MapInfo
Professional for more details on these license
types.
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Appendix B: Silent Installation Procedures