Offline activation

Offline license is created to meet the needs where the machine with
PowerBuilder installed does not have Internet connection.

An account assigned with an offline license can either be used to
log in to PowerBuilder with or without Internet connection. When an account
with an offline license is logged in with Internet connection, the process
is as easy as the account with an online license.

Please notice that cloud-based machines or
virtual machines where PowerBuilder is
installed cannot be activated using an offline license; only online
license can be used.

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 offline license

To activate an offline license, follow these steps:

Step 1 — In the Log in to
PowerBuilder window, click Activate
offline license manually.

Step 2 — Input the user name and password for your account, and
select whether to activate the license with or without Internet
connection.

If Activation with Internet
connection is selected, make sure your current machine
can access Internet, and the offline license will be activated by
the Appeon license server immediately after you click Activate.
If Activation without Internet
connection is selected, you will need to take the
following steps to activate the offline license:
1. Click Generate Client
  Request to create the client request (a text string),
  and then click Copy Client
  Request to copy the string to the clipboard.
2. Transfer the string to a machine with Internet connection,
  and visit the License
  Activation web page by this URL:
  https://www.appeon.com/license/get/activation-code?type=activation.
  On the web page, paste the string to the text box and then click
  Submit. A server response
  (another text string) is generated.
3. Transfer the server response string back to PowerBuilder, and
  paste the string to the Server
  Response text box, and then click Activate.
4. Click OK when the
  activation completes.

Once the offline license is activated successfully, you will be
logged in to PowerBuilder IDE.

To view the corresponding license information, click the menu
Help | Offline License Management | License
Info in the PowerBuilder IDE.

Renewing an offline license

When an offline license is renewed by your license administrator,
you will need to renew the offline license information in the PowerBuilder
IDE accordingly.

To renew an offline license in PowerBuilder IDE, follow these
steps:

Step 1 — In the PowerBuilder IDE, select Help | Offline License Management |
Renew.

Step 2 — Select whether to renew the offline license with or
without Internet connection.

If Renew with Internet
connection is selected, make sure your current machine
can access Internet, and the offline license will be renewed by the
Appeon license server immediately after you click Renew.
If Renew without Internet
connection is selected, you will need to take the
following steps to renew the offline license:
1. Click Generate Client
  Request to generate a request string.
2. Click Copy Client Request
  to get the request string, and transfer the string to a machine
  with Internet connection.
3. On the machine with Internet connection, visit the
  License Renewal web page by
  this URL: https://www.appeon.com/license/get/activation-code?type=renewal.
  On the web page, paste the string to the text box and then click
  Submit. A response string will
  be generated if the license is renewed successfully by the
  Appeon license server.
4. Transfer the response string back to the PowerBuilder IDE,
  and paste the string to the Server
  Response text box, and then click Renew.
5. Click OK when the renew
  completes.

The renewal license will take effect the day after the current
license expires.

Upgrading an offline license

When an offline license is upgraded by your license administrator,
for example, from a Standard Edition to a Universal Edition, you will
need to upgrade the offline license information in the PowerBuilder IDE
accordingly.

To upgrade an offline license in PowerBuilder IDE, follow these
steps:

Step 1 — In the PowerBuilder IDE, select Help | Offline License Management |
Upgrade.

Step 2 — Select whether to upgrade the offline license with or
without Internet connection.

If Upgrade with Internet
connection is selected, make sure your current machine
can access Internet, and the offline license will be upgraded by the
Appeon license server immediately after you click Upgrade.
If Upgrade without Internet
connection is selected, you will need to take the
following steps to upgrade the offline license:
1. Click Generate Client
  Request to generate a request string.
2. Click Copy Client Request
  to get the request string, and transfer the string to a machine
  with Internet connection.
3. On the machine with Internet connection, visit the
  License Upgrade web page by
  this URL: https://www.appeon.com/license/get/activation-code?type=upgrade.
  On the web page, paste the string to the text box and then click
  Submit. A response string will
  be generated if the license is upgraded successfully by the
  Appeon license server.
4. Transfer the response string back to the PowerBuilder IDE,
  and paste the string to the Server
  Response text box, and then click Upgrade.
5. Click OK when the upgrade
  completes.

De-activating an offline license

Once you log in to PowerBuilder successfully, which also means the
offline license is activated successfully, you should stay login unless
you absolutely need to de-activate the license, for example, to move
PowerBuilder to a different machine.

To de-activate an offline license, follow these steps:

Step 1 — In the PowerBuilder IDE, select Help | Offline License
Management | Deactivate.

Step 2 — Depending on whether the machine has Internet
connection, select to deactivate the license with or without Internet
connection.

If Deactivation with Internet
connection is selected, make sure your current machine
can access Internet, and the offline license will be deactivated by
the Appeon license server immediately after you click Deactivate and confirm the deactivation in
the dialog box.
If Deactivation without Internet
connection is selected, you will need to take the
following steps to deactivate the offline license:
1. Click Deactivate / Copy Deactivation
  Request to generate and copy the request string.
  Although the offline license is deactivated from PowerBuilder
  immediately after you click Deactivate, you should not stop here,
  because you should also deactivate the license from the Appeon
  license server to release the license for the subsequent
  use.
  
  The string is by default saved to the
  Users<username>AppDataLocalTempPBLicenseDeactivateDeactivateCode.txt
  file.
2. Transfer the string to a machine with Internet
  connection.
3. On the machine with Internet connection, visit the
  License Deactivation web page
  by this URL: https://www.appeon.com/license/get/activation-code?type=deactivation.
  On the web page, paste the copied string to the text box and
  then click Submit. You will be
  prompted if the license is de-activated successfully from the
  Appeon license server.

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