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Software protection uses an activation file that should be obtained from the ABBYY server during a license activation process.
In this scenario, you are about to develop an application that uses ABBYY FineReader Engine library on your computer. The installation is performed by manually copying the files.You will need:
  • the serial number of your Developer License.
  • your Customer Project ID.
Follow the instructions:
  1. Unpack the %archive_name%.sh with the —target and —noexec options. The example of command line:
%archive_name%.sh --noexec --target <where to unpack>
  1. Copy the following files:
  • Files for the functioning of the modules that your application will support.
  • Files marked as “mandatory” in ABBYY FineReader Engine Distribution Kit section in Developer’s Help. They are system modules and main recognition databases.
  • Resource files for interface languages that will be used in your application.
  • Dictionary support files for recognition languages that your application will support. If the recognition languages include languages with the Latin alphabet, make sure that you copy the Univers.amd and Univers.amm files.
  • The License Manager utility (LicenseManager.Console, libProtectionConsoleUI.so).
You can use the file to automatically create a list of files required for your application to function.
  1. Create a folder for storing the licensing data (default is %ProgramData%\ABBYY\SDK\12\Licenses). Everyone should have full access permissions on it. To change this folder, see an example described in Working with the LicensingSettings.xml File article.
  2. Install the Licensing Service, as described in Installing the Licensing Service.
  3. Launch the License Manager Utility and activate your license.
Select the Activate License option and follow the wizard instructions to activate your license. If your computer has access to the Internet you only need to enter the serial number and wait a few moments.
In this scenario, you are about to develop an application that uses ABBYY FineReader Engine library on a workstation connected to the license server through a network. The installation is performed by manually copying the files.You will need:
  • the serial number of your Developer License.
  • your Customer Project ID.
  • the DNS name or IP-address of the license server.
Follow the instructions:
  1. Install the Licensing Service on the license server, as described in Installing the Licensing Service.
Use ABBYY FineReader Engine and Licensing Service from the same package. Otherwise, compatibility is not guaranteed.
  1. Activate the license on the license server in the License Manager Utility.
Select the Activate License option and follow the wizard instructions to activate your license. If your server has access to the Internet you only need to enter the serial number and wait a few moments.
  1. Install the library on the workstations:
    1. Unpack the %archive_name%.sh with the —target and —noexec options. The example of command line:
%archive_name%.sh --noexec --target <where to unpack>
<LicensingServers>
   <MainNetworkLicenseServer ServerAddress="[your server address]" ProtocolType="Sockets"/>
</LicensingServers>
<LicensingServers>
   <MainNetworkLicenseServer ServerAddress="[your server address]" ProtocolType="Sockets" EndPointName="1025"/>
</LicensingServers>
  1. Copy the following files:
    • Files for the functioning of the modules that your application will support.
    • Files marked as “mandatory” in ABBYY FineReader Engine Distribution Kit section in Developer’s Help. They are system modules and main recognition databases.
    • Resource files for interface languages that will be used in your application.
    • Dictionary support files for recognition languages that your application will support. If the recognition languages include languages with the Latin alphabet, make sure that you copy the Univers.amd and Univers.amm files.
    • The License Manager utility (LicenseManager.Console, libProtectionConsoleUI.so).
You can use the file to automatically create a list of files required for your application to function.
  1. Create a folder for storing the licensing data on each workstation (default is %ProgramData%\ABBYY\SDK\12\Licenses). Everyone should have full access permissions on it. To change this folder, see an example described in Working with the LicensingSettings.xml File article.
  2. Create a LicensingSettings.xml file, setting up the same type of connection protocol you specified for the server and the address of the server:
If you set another port for the server, repeat the same setting here, specifying the port number from the sample below.
  1. Launch the License Manager Utility and check your license details.