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What's new in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 171116

Nov 17, 2017
  • FIX: 'Verify Local Time' did not work in some circumstances.
  • FIX: Data returned by the license service was not interpreted correctly in come conditions.
  • FIX: Features names were not saved in some circumstances.
  • NEW: The threads used for the Leased and heartbeat licenses are not started as a background threads.
  • FIX: Customer Deployed license service did not start under some circumstances on OSes later than Windows 7.
  • NEW: Stricter validation of serial codes - earlier serial codes which differed in the last character (which was not a part of the serial code in some circumstances) were validated. This is now not the case.
  • Minor UI improvements.
  • Updated documentation.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 170316 (Nov 7, 2017)

  • FIX: Communication with the license service failed in some circumstances.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 151112 (Nov 19, 2015)

  • Minor UI improvements.
  • Updated documentation.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 151102 (Nov 19, 2015)

  • NEW: The license textbox now supports CTRL+A key-stroke typically used to select all text in the textbox.
  • FIX: If a 'Limit Machines To' license was activated, the returned license did not have the correct profile name embedded inside it.
  • Updated documentation.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150818 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • FIX: Regression bug introduced due to HTTPS support for license service.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150722 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • Minor UI improvements.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150715 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • Minor UI improvements.
  • Updated documentation.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150714 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • Updated documentation.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150711 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • NEW: Ability to specify additional data (for example, a custom lease duration) when activating a license.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150708 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • FIX: HTTP POST license processor does not fail if the URL returns a status code of OK (200).

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150707 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • IMPROVED: Activation fails if the newly returned license cannot be saved.
  • CHANGE: Load, Save and Remove methods now return a diagnostic message if StorageMode is set to None, which can be retrieved via GetStatusException.
  • Documentation updates.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150616 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • IMPROVED: Improved handling and developer-friendliness of 'activations with grace period' scenario.
  • NEW: Exceptions thrown during CryptoLicense.Dispose can now be accessed via CryptoLicense.GetStatusException method.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150601 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • Updated documentation.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150327 (Mar 27, 2015)

  • FIX: Crash occurred in some circumstances when a new license code was set on the same CryptoLicense instance.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150323 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • NEW: Ability to disable adding license generated when serial is validated to the license management table.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150317 (Mar 17, 2015)

  • NEW: New CryptolicenseGenerator.SetFeature method which allows more straightforward way to set/unset license features than the SetFeaturesEx methods.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150316 (Mar 16, 2015)

  • CHANGE: If the license does not specify 'Number Of Users', then default value of short.MaxValue is used instead of the 1 used earlier.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150304 (Mar 4, 2015)

  • NEW: Added LicenseManagement.InitializeDatabase method.
  • FIX: CryptoLicenseGenerator.Generate method threw an exception in some cases if a 'Data Field' was not specified.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150219 (Feb 19, 2015)

  • FIX: Machine code checking failed under some circumstances.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150210 (Feb 10, 2015)

  • CHANGE: License codes generated with trial version of CryptoLicensing do not automatically get the 'Date Expires' setting of 30 days hence. However, they will still fail to validate after 30 days.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150110 (Jan 10, 2015)

  • NEW: LicenseService.LogExceptions property can now be specified via the settings.xml file.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 150108 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • NEW: Ability to control whether stale activations are cleaned during activations. Turning this OFF may speed up the activation process.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 141230 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • NEW: It is now possible to pass user-data to the active user-data plugin when validating serials or when calling CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromProfile.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 141215 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • FIX: CurrentInstances did not return the correct value.
  • FIX: Setting the ReleaseHeartbeatSlotOnDispose property causes a run-time automation error.
  • IMRPOVED: When the CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromProfile method is called with "" as the user-data parameter, then the returned license has the default user-data plugin settings stored in the profile. For example, the 'Data Fields" plugin uses the profile specific data field values stored in the project file.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 141204 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • IMPROVED: RegAPI.exe now registers the Generator API in both 32-bit and 64-bit registry.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2015 Build 141202 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • NEW: It is now possible to include a process specific ID in the machine code, so multiple instances on the same machine are counted as different activations. New API CryptoLicense.IncludeProcessIDInMachineCode property.
  • NEW: It is not possible to toggle on/off the featue number for a feature if that feature has a name.
  • NEW: A license can be machine-locked to multiple machines - it will work on any of those machines.
  • NEW: An activated license (floating or otherwise) can be locked to a specified list of machines - only those machines can be activated.
  • FIX: Leased floating licenses were not deactivated if the license had heartbeats too.
  • IMPROVED: Added helpful exception message for "Verify Local Time With Service" setting.
  • NEW: Allows embedding profile name in the license.
  • FIX: Activation console did not work in some circumstances.
  • NEW: Added LicenseService.RetriveLicenseCodeFromCustomerDeployedLicenseService and corresponding CryptoLicense method.
  • NEW: Added LicenseService.DeactivateCustomerDeployedLicenseService and corresponding CryptoLicense method.
  • NEW: Added CryotoLicense.CurrentInstances and CryotoLicense.RemainingInstances properties.
  • NEW: Ability to surrender leases via the CryptoLicense.SurrenderLease method.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.SaveCustomInfo and CryptoLicense.LoadCustomInfo events to allow developer to override default load/save behavior of the custom info.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.SaveEvaluationInfo and CryptoLicense.LoadEvaluationInfo events to allow developer to override default load/save behavior of the evaluation info.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 R2 Build 140916 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • FIX: Regression bug caused licenses to not be deactivated in some circumstances.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 R2 Build 140906 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • FIX: Activation Console did not delete activations or activate machines in some circumstances.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 R2 Build 140731 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • FIX: Security exception occurred on some hosting providers which causes the license service to fail.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 R2 Build 140704 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • NEW: It is now possible to pass the "interactive" flag (via command-line) when running the license service as Windows Service.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 R2 Build 140617 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • NEW: LicenseService.OnLogException method allows the developer to override the default logging behavior.
  • NEW: Ability to specify license service parameter encryption mode via the license project file.
  • FIX: The user-data was not available in some circumstances to plugins and license management.
  • Minor documentation changes.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 R2 Build 140606 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • Minor UI improvements.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 R2 Build 140604 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • FIX: GetUserDataFieldValue did not return correct value in some circumstances.
  • Minor documentation changes.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 Build 130112 (Jan 29, 2013)

  • Minor documentation updates.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2013 Build 130109 (Jan 29, 2013)

  • NEW: Added new CryptoLicenseGenerator.GetProfileFromName, CryptoLicenseGenerator.AddNewProfile and CryptoLicenseGenerator.CopySettingsToProfile methods.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2012 Build 621119 (Jan 19, 2012)

  • Support for IPv6 address when using customer deployed license service.
  • Much improved exception reporting from license service to client side API.
  • Support for Activation Contexts - supports varying activation counts from the same machine for different features in your software (example, View, Change, Print, etc).
  • Added ready-to-use e-commerce integration pages for FastSpring.
  • Heartbeat event is called everytime a heartbeat fails.
  • Improved psf file handling in customer deployed license service.
  • Improved speed when validating licenses.
  • Reduced memory requirements when validating licenses.
  • CryptoLicense.ActivationContext which specifies the context for the activation.
  • CryptoLicense.GetStatusExceptionMessage which gets the error/exception message, if any, associated with an error validation status.
  • CryptoLicense.RenewLicense allows you to get a new license from the license service based on the settings of the current license (for example, with Date Of Expiration changed).
  • LicenseService.RenewLicense and LicenseService.OnRenewLicense return a new license based on the settings of the passed license.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2010 R2 Build 602103 (Nov 4, 2010)

  • NEW: Support for leased floating licenses which allow licenses to be borrowed for a specified amount of time.
  • NEW: Support for upto 2040 features (up from 32 supported previously) in every license. You can use these features to enable/disable specific modules/functionality in your software.
  • NEW: Support for multiple keys per license project. The same license project can now be used for newer versions or for altogether different products.
  • NEW: Support for persisted per-license custom information. This can be used to track license usage beyond the in-built scenarios like max usage days, max executions, etc. For example, this can be used to track usage of each individual feature embedded in license.
  • NEW: Native support for MySQL databases in the license service.
  • NEW: Support for any database to be used in the license service.
  • NEW: Ability to verify local time with the license service.
  • NEW: Ability to test if the license service is reachable and working properly.
  • NEW: Ability to enable/disable licenses in the license service from your software via API.
  • NEW: Ability to limit serial validations using various modes.
  • NEW: Date Rollback Detection in licenses.
  • NEW: Ability to automatically log exceptions if any are thrown during operation of the license service.
  • CryptoLicensing Generator UI:
  • NEW: New placeholder �te% and �te:format% available during post-generation license processing.
  • NEW: Ability to specify certain data fields in the "Properties User Data Plugin" as excluded from the generated license. This allows you to specify extra information during license generation for your own records.
  • NEW: New placeholder �:xyz% available during post-generation license processing which gives you access to the values specified for various data fields via the"Properties User Data Plugin".
  • NEW: The %list...% placeholder now allows any other valid placeholder inside it including �:xyz%.
  • NEW: Saves the active user-data plugin, processor plugin, and machine code provider plugin and sets them to be active the next time the license project is loaded.
  • NEW: The "Project Properties Dialog" now allows you to test if the license service is reachable and working properly.
  • NEW: Various machine code providers (normal, explicit, test mode) allow you to test machine-code and activation related functionality.
  • FIX: "Export To File" functionality did not work in some circumstances.
  • Software-side API and Generator API:
  • NEW: CryptoLicenseGenerator.GetUserDataPluginFromName method.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.GetCurrentActivationCount method and LicenseService.GetCurrentActivationCount method.
  • NEW: CryptoLicenseGenerator.LoadProject(Stream stream) method.
  • CHANGE: Verbose exceptions thrown when validation of serials fails in the license service.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.VerifyLocalTimeWithService method and LicenseService.VerifyLocalTimeWithService.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.PingLicenseService method and LicenseService.PingLicenseService method.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.Enable/DisableInLicenseService methods and LicenseService.Enable/DisableInLicenseService methods.
  • NEW: LicenseService.CreateLicenseInstance method to allow customer-deployed license service to use custom licenses (for example for locking service to dongle-based machine code).
  • CHANGE: All limits are checked even if one or more limits fail.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.ResetStatus method to force revalidation.
  • NEW: Custom information related methods CryptoLicense.SetCustomInfo, CryptoLicense.TryGetCustomInfo, CryptoLicense.ResetCustomInfo and CryptoLicense.RemoveCustomInfo.
  • CHANGE: CryptoLicense.IsFeaturePresent and CryptoLicense.IsFeaturePresentEx methods now only check cryptographic signature and not validate the license limits.
  • CHANGE: By the time LicenseService.OnActivate is called, generator settings such as 'Lock to machine' are set.
  • NEW: Overloads of LicenseService.ImportLicensesIntoDisabledLicenseTable and LicenseService.ImportLicensesIntoLicenseTable with connectionString parameter.
  • NEW: ShareIt and Plimus e-commerce integration now checks remote IP address to verify that request is coming from genuine servers.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.DetectDateRollback property.
  • NEW: CryptoLicenseGenerator.LoadLicenseCode method to load generator settings from license code. Allows you quickly initialize the generator to have the same settings as the license code, change some settings and generate a new license code.
  • NEW: LicenseService.LogExceptions property.
  • FIX: CryptoLicense.Status always returned Deactivated in certain circumstances.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2010 Build 592207 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • NEW: The license service now works in Medium Trust and does not require Full Trust privileges on the web server.
  • NEW: The validation component (LogicNP.CryptoLicensing.dll) and the generator API (LogicNP.CryptoLicensing.Generator.dll) now works on Mono.
  • NEW: The same license service can now be used for multiple license project files.
  • NEW: Added Network floating licenses (customer-deployed license service) support. The service can be run as a Tray app or Windows service.
  • NEW: The minimum cryptographic key strength is now 64-bits instead of 384-bits. This enables shorter license codes. For example, when using 64-bit key strength, only a 32 character license code is generated even when using Base32 encoding.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromProfile will now add the returned license to the 'License' table.
  • NEW: Service notifications caused by the 'Notify License Service When Validated' setting are now recorded in the license service database.
  • NEW: SerialValidation database table now stores the user-data embedded in the returned license.
  • NEW: Added Anti-Debug / Anti-Tracing setting to protect against running under debuggers, profilers or tracers.
  • FIX: Customer deployed floating license server would sometimes stop working after 5-10 minutes.
  • CryptoLicensing Generator UI:
  • NEW: Added 'Double' data field type in 'Data Fields' plugin.
  • NEW: It is now possible to specify in the UI the machine code and user data to use when activating license or validating serial. One use of this is to activate licenses or validated serials on behalf of the customer.
  • NEW: Deactivation codes can now be validated via UI and API.
  • Software-side API and Generator API:
  • NEW: Ability to create new project files via generator API.
  • NEW: Ability to create/modify/remove profiles to a project via the generator API.
  • NEW METHOD: Virtual CryptoLicense.LoadEvaluationInfo and CryptoLicense.SaveEvaluationInfo methods which can be overridden to provide your own storage for persisting evaluation info.
  • NEW: CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromProfile now stores the source MachineCode in the license service database.
  • NEW: Added LicenseService.DefaultSettingsFilePath property.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicense.LicenseServiceSettingsFilePath property.
  • NEW: Added LicenseService.DBConnection property.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicense.DeleteDeactivationRecord method.
  • NEW: Added LicenseService.GetIPAddress method.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicenseGenerator.GetActiveProfile method.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicenseGenerator.GetActiveUserDataPlugin method. Use this method, it is now possible to get a specific data field value specified via Generator UI.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicenseGenerator.ValidateDeactivationCode method.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicense.DeactivateLocally method.
  • FIX: CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromSerial and CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromProfile did not return specified user data in returned license.
  • FIX: If a machine has been deactivated, the same machine can now be activated again.

New in CryptoLicensing For ActiveX 2.0 Build 591711 (Jul 12, 2009)

  • CryptoLicensing Generator UI
  • NEW: Support for e-commerce integration with various providers like PayPal, ShareIt, Plimus, etc. Includes ready-to-use license generators for these e-commerce providers which can automatically perform order-fulfillment and license delivery when using your preferred e-commerce provider.
  • NEW: Ability to enable/disable tamper checking (date rollback) when using trial licenses.
  • NEW:String and number data fields can now have standard values that can be selected via a dropdown list.
  • NEW:Last specified values for 'Data fields' are now restored when project is loaded.
  • 'Insert code in template' now replaces placeholders when generating serials also.
  • NEW:It is now possible to record IP addresses when licenses/serials are activated/validated.
  • NEW:It is now possible to explicitly specify License ID when generating license - this is mainly used when changing the settings of an already issued license.
  • NEW:Validation of licenses can now be done in two modes: cryptographically validation only or cryptographically and limit validation.
  • NEW:When generating machine-locked licenses, machine code can be now be specified using Base64 or Base32 encoding.
  • CHANGE: Minor CryptoLicensing Generator changes to make it more user-friendly.
  • Software-side API and Generator API
  • NEW: Added 'userData' parameter to CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromSerial and LicenseService.ValidateSerial - this allows setting custom user-data in returned license.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicense.EnableTamperChecking property and CryptoLicenseGenerator.EnableTamperChecking property.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicense.UseHashedMachineCode property.
  • NEW: New CryptoLicense.IsSerial, CryptoLicense.GetLicenseFromSerial methods.
  • NEW: New LicenseService.LogException method to enable troubleshooting of a live license service.
  • NEW: Added CryptoLicense.EncodeToBase32String, CryptoLicense.DecodeFromBase32String, CryptoLicense.Base64StringToBase32String and CryptoLicense.Base32StringToBase64String methods.
  • CHANGE: CryptoLicense.CurrentUsageDays and CryptoLicense.RemainingUsageDays and the underlying trial engine now consider whole days so it doesn't matter which time of day you are validating.
  • CHANGE: Reworked OnValidateSerial so that it is now easy to customize the serial validation process.
  • CHANGE: LicenseService.Deactivate, DeregisterFloatingLicense, IsLicenseDisabled and NotifyValidated now return encrypted boolean strings for better security.
  • CHANGE: CryptoLicenseGenerator.ID property is now read-write.
  • FIX: Bug in CryptoLicense.IsEvaluationLicense.