Online activation
Online activation requires you to input an account which is assigned
with a valid online license by your license administrator. And Internet
access is required during the activation process, because the online
license will be activated by the Appeon license server.
Note
This section talks about activating PowerBuilder only, if you want to activate
PowerServer (PB Edition), please follow
the Activating
PowerServer (PB Edition) section in the Appeon License User
Guide.
Activating with an online license
To activate PowerBuilder using an account assigned with an online
license, follow these steps:
Step 1 — Launch PowerBuilder IDE. When you launch PowerBuilder IDE for
the first time after installation, the Log in to
PowerBuilder window displays automatically.
Step 2 — Click Log in in the
Log in to PowerBuilder window.
Step 3 — Input the user name and password for your account, and
then click Log In.
Make sure the current machine can connect to Internet, as your
account will be validated and the binding license will be activated by
the Appeon license server immediately. Once validation and activation is
successful, you will be logged in to PowerBuilder IDE.
To view the account and license information, click your account
name on the right top of the PowerBuilder IDE and then click Account Management in the popup menu.
Refreshing an online license
When an online license is renewed or upgraded by your license
administrator, you will need to refresh the online license information
in the PowerBuilder IDE accordingly.
You refresh an online license by clicking the Refresh license link in the account information
window (opened by selecting the Account
Management popup menu). Internet access is required.
Log out to de-activate
Once you log in to PowerBuilder successfully, which also means the
online license is activated successfully, you should stay login unless
you absolutely need to log out to de-activate the license, for example,
to move PowerBuilder to a different machine.
To de-activate an online license, you log out of PowerBuilder by
clicking the Sign out link in the
account information window (opened by selecting the Account Management popup menu). Internet access
is required.
Once logout is successful, you will be shown with the Log in to PowerBuilder window again.
When you uninstall PowerBuilder with Internet connection, you will be
automatically logged out PowerBuilder when the uninstall process starts;
when you uninstall PowerBuilder without Internet connection, you will be
prompted to contact your license administrator to de-activate your
license on the website and then the uninstall process starts.