The other controls in the
Register,
Update and Install wizard page are:
- Licensed features
-
presents the list of licensed features with their expiration
date:
- Feature name -
the
group of words by which the feature is known. The same
names are used
in the online shop.
Here all
licensed features are listed, independent of their
installation status.
- Expiration date
-
depending on the license condition, a particular feature
may expire at
a given date or is timely unlimited. This information is
given here.
Expired licensed can be updated via online
shop.
- Status - the
installation status of the particular license. The
possible states are:
- OK - the
licensed
feature is installed and works properly,
- Not installed
- the
licensed feature is not installed,
- Expired - the
license of the feature has expired, but the feature is
still installed.
- Overall Status -
presents
the status of the license as a whole:
- The possible states are:
- License is valid.
- License is missing.
-
License is invalid. Renew your license.
-
License is not valid for this computer.
Update
your license or ask for another one.
- Some features are missing or are not installed
correctly. Try
updating IDA-STEP.
-
Some feature licenses have expired.
Update your
license.
-
Some feature licenses will expire in 30
or less
days, consider updating your license.
- Activate registration
on
status changes option - if this option is
selected, the Register,
Update and Install
window is pop upped every time you start IDA-STEP when the
state of the
license is changed:
You can switch this option
Off, by unselecting
the check
box. The
Registration and
Licensing
Status dialogue window appears on the screen (see
Figure 2), where you can
select
whether to disable the future activation of the registration
on status
changes or not. If you agree with the
affirmation, press
Yes button.
Figure 2. Registration
and
Licensing Status dialogue window, proposing to disable
activation of
registration on status changes
If you want to enable the activation of a
registration on
status changes in
the future - select the
Activate
registration on status changes
check box. The
Registration
and
Licensing Status dialogue window appears on the
screen with the
message "Enable activation of registration on status
changes" (see
Figure 3).
If you agree
with the affirmation, press
Yes button.
Figure 3. Registration
and
Licensing Status dialogue window, proposing to enable
activation of
registration on status changes
Register
After
IDA-STEP Framework
is
started for the first time, the
Register,
Update
and
Install wizard
pop ups on the screen. If you want to update license-id, or
update
installed features select the
Register,
Update
and
Install
menu item in the
Help
menu.
- Select New free license
radio button to get free IDA-STEP Viewer (see Figure 1) and
press Finish button.
The IDA-STEP Viewer
will be installed.
Note. To install
Free
IDA-STEP viewer, the current computer should be with the
Internet
access.
Or
- Select New license ID
radio button and enter a new license-id into the text field (see Figure 4).
- Press Finish button
to
install new licensed features or press Next button to open the
Registration and
Installation Method
dialogue to choose how to register and install IDA-STEP.
Note. The Next button is disabled
for the
free license installation.
Figure 4. Register new
license
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Update
If you want update already licensed features:
- Select the Update
current
license
radio button in the License
layout
(see Figure 1).
- The licensed features are indicated in the Licensed features table.
- Click Finish button
or
press Next button
to open the Registration
and Installation
Method dialogue to choose how to register and
install IDA-STEP.
If no new features or updates are available for the currently
activated
license, the particular message window appears on the screen
(see
Figure 6).
Figure 6. Problem
Occurred
message window
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Registration
and
Installation Method
The user can choose how to register a new license or update
licensed
features - online or offline - in the
Registration
and
Installation
Method
page (see
Figure
7).
Figure 7. Registrations
and
Installation Methods page
Online registration and installation
The default registration and installation method is
Online registration and
installation.
This
option
must be selected if your computer is currently connected to
the Internet. IDA-STEP will connect to the license server and
will
register your license automatically. This is the default and
simplest
way.
If any problem occurred while the registration and
installation,
please see
Troubleshooting
for details.
Offline
registration,
installation and update
If your computer is not connected to the Internet, you can
use
offline installation method.
- Select the Offline
registration,
installation and update radio button in the Registration and Installation
Method
page (see Figure
7).
- Press Next button.
The Offline Registration
and Installation page
appears
on
the screen to choose the action for offline registration,
installation or update (see Figure
8):
Figure 8. Offline
Registration
and Installation page (displayed license here:
5QL5A-CYBDE-6XIM4-04H8Q-4Q14E)
- Select the 1st Step: Preparation of HTML
file for
registration radio button. IDA-STEP will generate
an HTML file
with the needed registration data
(IDA-STEP_xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.html). Transfer
this HTML file
to
another computer with internet access.
Select a location of the file to be generated in your file
system by
using Browse...
button next to
the text field.
Or
- Select the Skip 1st
step
radio button if the HTML file is already created during
previous
registration or update sessions.
- Press Next button
to
go to the next page of the wizard (see Figure
9). After the Next
button
is pressed the HTML file is generated and located in the
selected place
(in our example 5QL5A-CYBDE-6XIM4-04H8Q-4Q14E.html).
Figure 9. Offline
Registration
and Installation wizard page to select license file and
installation/update package
- 1st
step
completed layout
presents information, that HTML file is successfully
created. Note.
This layout is skipped, if the Skip 1st step radio
button
was selected in the previous
page.
- 2nd step:
Registration and
downloading
registration and installation file layout
On another computer with Internet access access
open the HTML file generated in step 1 in a web-browser
and press the Register
button.By this your
registration data is
transferred to the the registration server and if all is
OK you will be
offered to download
and save two files:
- the license file
IDA-STEP_xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.lic
- and the installation/update package with the
licensed
features
IDA-STEP_xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx_install_vYYYYMMDD.zip.
You have to transfer
both files
to the computer on which
you want to install IDA-STEP.
Meanwhile you will get
a license
file and installation/update package, you can close the
wizard page by
pressing
Cancel
button. Later
you can open it by selecting
Help
-> Register, Update and Install menu item in the
main menu
bar and using
Next button
go
to the needed page..
After you receive the license file (.lic), you can
activate your
license on your computer, where IDA-STEP should be
installed.
- 3rd step: Activation
of the
license and updating or installing licensed feature
layout:
- Specify the path to the license file
(IDA-STEP_xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.lic) by using
Browse button
next to the Read in
the license file
(IDA-STEP_xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.lic)
text field
(see Figure 10).
Figure 10.
Installation and
Registration 3rd step
- Specify the path to the installation/update package
IDA-STEP_xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx_install_vYYYYMMDD.zip
by
using Browse button
next to
the Read in the
installation/update
package with the licensed features
(IDA-STEP_xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx_install_vYYYYMMDD.zip)
text
field.
- Press Finish button
to
activate the license and update/install licensed
features.