Applying a new key interactively
Perform the following steps to apply a new license key to an existing Connect installation:
- Go to Programs, Precisely Connect from the Start menu and select Apply a New License Key.
- Browse to the location of the license key file, DMExpressLicense.txt, or type in the license key manually, when prompted.
- Read the terms of the Precisely License Agreement and confirm your acceptance of them.
- Review the product options, components and features that are enabled by your license key.
- Confirm the location of the existing Connect installation.
Applying a new key silently
Applying a new license key silently requires a setup file which can be recorded when applying a new license key interactively.
To record the setup file
Open a command prompt; type the full path to the program applykey.exe, followed by the
options:
–r –f1<silent_setup_file> where <silent_setup_file> is the full path to the setup file that is created.
For example, if Connect is installed in “C:\Program Files\DMExpress\”, type:
"C:\Program Files\DMExpress\Programs\applykey.exe" –r –f1c:\temp\setup.issAn interactive session begins and the options that are selected during the interactive session are recorded in the specified setup file.
To run the applykey.exe program in silent mode
Open a command prompt; type the full path to the program applykey.exe, followed by the
options:
–s –f1<silent_setup_file> -slog<log_file> where <silent_setup_file> is the full path to a setup file that was created
using the steps above, and <log_file> is the full path to the log file which
contains any output produced by the silent install run. For example, if Connect is installed
in “C:\Program Files\DMExpress\”, type:
"C:\Program Files\DMExpress\Programs\applykey.exe" –s –f1c:\temp\setup.iss
–slogc:\temp\setup.logIf you do not specify the –slog option, then apply key generates a log, setup.log, in the folder where the silent setup file is located.
Multiple command line options are separated with a space, but there should be no spaces inside a command line option (for example, –slogc:\setup.log is valid, but –slog c:\setup.log is not).