Class Licensing

A place for functions related to SDS2 licensing.

Inheritance
System.Object
Licensing
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
System.Object.ToString()
System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)
Namespace: DesignData.SDS2.Database
Assembly: DesignData.SDS2.Database.dll
Syntax
public class Licensing
Remarks

The normal program start procedure looks like:

if(!Licensing.HasStoredCredentials)
{
    string userName = .. prompt for user name;
    string password = .. prompt for password;
    Licensing.SetCredentials(userName, password);
}
Licensing.Checkout();

Properties

HasStoredCredentials

Check if SDS2 already has working stored credentials to use, if it does you do not need to prompt and get credentials

Declaration
public static bool HasStoredCredentials { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

IsLicensed

Returns true if the user has a valid license to run the API

Declaration
public static bool IsLicensed { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Methods

Checkout()

Checkout your license for the full run of your program.

Declaration
public static LicenseReturnCode Checkout()
Returns
Type Description
LicenseReturnCode
Remarks

There is no checkin, this call is just needed to give you time to prompt for credentials if needed

Finalize()

Declaration
protected void Finalize()

GetIsLicensed()

Returns true if the user has a valid license to run the API

Declaration
public static bool GetIsLicensed()
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean

HasFeature(LicenseFeatures)

Returns true if the user has a valid license to run the given API feature

Declaration
public static bool HasFeature(LicenseFeatures feature)
Parameters
Type Name Description
LicenseFeatures feature
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean

The API feature to be checked.

SetCredentials(String, String)

If SDS2 didn't have stored credentials, and you've prompted the user for their 10duke login, you can then pass these credentials to SDS2 and it will use them to checkout a license

Declaration
public static void SetCredentials(string userName, string password)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String userName
System.String password