License enhancements – PB Docs 2019

(Online and offline license) Starting from PowerBuilder 2019
R3, one user account can log into more than one version on the same
machine simultaneously, just like logging into the multiple
instances of the same version.

Previously, if your user account has been used to log into one
version (say 2019 R2), then this same account cannot be used to log
into another version (say 2017 R3) on the same machine, unless this
account is logged out from 2019 R2 first. While in 2019 R3 and later
versions, the same account can be used to log into more than one
version on the same machine simultaneously. For example, if you have
installed and logged into 2019 R3 successfully, and then if you
installed 2021, you can automatically log into 2021 using the same
user account of 2019 R3, without needing to log out from 2019 R3
first.

(Online license only) You can now start and log into
PowerBuilder IDE by specifying your user account and password in the
command line parameters. The command line mode can only work with
the online license.

You can directly specify your user account through the command
line parameter. For example,

/AC — User Account.

/PW — User Password.

/RC — Remember Credentials (Y or N), default is Y. /RC is
always Y when /ALS is Y. Therefore, the /RC value will be ignored,
if /ALS is set to Y. This parameter takes effect only when both /AC
and /PW are set.

/ALS — Auto Login at Startup (Y or N), default is Y. This
parameter takes effect only when both /AC and /PW are set.

/SOE — Sign Out on Exit (Y or N), default is Y. This
parameter takes effect only when both /AC and /PW are set.

You can also specify a file (that contains your user
credentials) through the command line parameter. For example,

/LIF — The full path to the license login initialization file
which contains your encrypted password and other login settings. The
file is created by an independent tool
(%AppeonInstallPath%PowerBuilder
[version]ToolsLoginIniFileCreator.exe). You can specify the user
account, the password, the login settings, and the file path in this
tool. The password will be encrypted in the generated file to
protect your login credentials. (If you want to copy the tool to
other places, make sure to copy the executable file as well as the
msvcp100.dll and msvcr100.dll files under the same folder).

Offline license are not allowed to be activated in the Windows
Server operating system any more.