Newlook Licensing

To apply a local license you will first need to obtain a registration code (this code will be unique to the machine you are registering the license on). This registration number must be provided to either your reseller or account manager who will supply you with a license key.

1. From the main menu select Help | Licensing | License...
2. In the License Type section, select the option Register a local license on this computer.
3. Select and copy the Registration code and forward it to your local reseller or account manager. Your reseller will reply with the appropriate unlock code for the following step.
4. Cut and paste the license code supplied by your reseller or account manager into the Unlock code field and click Apply Unlock Code.

NOTE:

While unlikely, it is technically possible for the registration number to change in the time between generating a registration code and applying the provided unlock code. This may occur if there has been a hardware/software change to the PC or can be a result of Window’s User Access Control (UAC). If the number has changed we suggest locating the standalone license wizard (NLLIC.exe) within the Newlook installation folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Newlook 11.1), right-clicking it and selecting the option to ‘Run as Administrator’. Follow the prompts in the Wizard to apply a local license.

To apply a Newlook Server license you will first need to obtain a Registration code from the License page (this code will be unique to the machine you are registering the license on). This registration code must be provided to either your reseller or account manager who will supply you with an unlock code.

1. Open the Newlook Server Settings page in your browser <serverURL>/newlookserver11.1/Settings.
2. From the menu select About | Licensing.
3. Copy the Registration code and forward it to your local reseller or account manager. Your reseller will forward you the appropriate unlock code for the following step.
4. Cut and paste the license code supplied by your reseller or account manager into the Unlock code field and click Apply.

Upon successful application of your license key, the license page will update with the current license type, date of expiry (if you have applied a temporary license) and the number of licensed users.

A Newlook Developer host license is requested on startup. The connection definition specified in the License page is used to connect to the IBM i license manager. Once you have configured licenses on your IBM i, use the following steps to configure Newlook Developer to request a license automatically from the host at startup.

1. From the main menu select Help | Licensing | License...
2. In the License Type section, select the option Request a host license.
3. Open the Connection Editorto configure the connection which will be used to acquire a license from the host. At a minimum you will need to enter the Internet address of the IBM i on which your licenses have been loaded. You can also specify any relevant security and regional settings plus any custom user credentials required to request a license (if relevant).

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If you already have a connection definition in your solution that you would like to use to request a license, select the Copy Connection option to populate the license connection fields with details from your saved connection.

4. Once you have closed the connection editor, click Request Host License. A dialog will confirm whether the request was successful or unsuccessful and the license type will be displayed in the Current License window. Refer to license troubleshooting for potential errors and ways to resolve them.

By default, Newlook Smartclient is configured to use host licensing. A Newlook Smartclient session will request a license from whatever machine it is connecting to and will validate the license on connection.

This procedure can be used to load host-based Newlook Developer, Newlook Smartclient and Openlook licenses on your IBM i.

Prior to loading:

• Ensure you have received license distributor keys from your reseller or account manager. You will need to provide your IBM i serial number and the number of each license type required before receiving license keys.
• For TCP/IP connections, ensure the required IBM i server/s are started by running STRHOSTSRV *ALL.
• After entering your license distributor keys, Newlook will connect to the host and use the IBM i license manager services to create Newlook product definitions and add the license keys for each licensed product. Your IBM i is then ready to accept and manage client license requests.
• Configuring host licensing requires a connection to the IBM i. It is important that you specify a username and password in the connection definition that has authority to license manager services and can modify license objects on the host (QSECOFR account or equivalent is recommended).

IMPORTANT

When requesting additional license keys from your reseller or account manager, it is important to stipulate the total number of licenses required on your IBM i, as your previous license keys will be overwritten by the application of new keys. For example, if you currently have a license for 10 Smartclient and 1 Developer licenses and you wish to purchase 5 additional Smartclient licenses, then you will need to request a key for 15 Smartclient and 1 Developer host licenses.

Procedure for applying host licenses:

1. In Newlook Developer select the menu option Help | Licensing | Apply Host Licenses...
2. Specify a connection to your IBM i which includes signon details with authority to license manager services. Click the edit button to open the Connection editor and update the securing, regional or signon connection settings if required.
3. Enter the number of Licenses, Distributor Key and Expiry date (if relevant) for each license type you are loading on the host. The license counts and keys should be entered exactly as provided to you. If you are uploading permanent license keys, the expiry date should be left blank. If you are uploading temporary license keys, the expired date entered should be in exactly the same format used by your host (including date separators).

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An easy way to determine your IBM i's system date format is to log onto your host and use the WRKSYSVAL command to examine the QDATE system value. This will provide you with the required date format.

5. When you have entered all relevant license keys , click Apply Host Licenses.
6. The Host License Configuration dialog window will confirm if the license configuration process was successful or report any errors if not. Refer to license troubleshooting for common errors and ways to resolve them.

Newlook Developer

1. From the main menu select Help | Licensing | License...
2. The Current License section will confirm both the type of license being used by Newlook Developer and also the number of days until expiry (if relevant).

Newlook Server

1. Open the Newlook Server Settings page in your browser <serverURL>/newlookserver11.1/Settings.
2. From the menu select About | Licensing.
3. This page will confirm the type of license being used by Newlook Server, the number of licensed sessions and the number of days until expiry (if relevant).

Newlook Smartclient or Smartframe

1. The About Box can be used to check the expiration date of any temporary host license. When running as a Windows client, the about box can be accessed by selecting the menu option Help | About Newlook Smartclient. To access this menu option in Smartframe, right click the title bar.