Additional Activation Scenarios / License Old Products with New Serial Key
License Old Products with New Serial Key

Purchasing a new license entitles you to any previous version of the same product. This is supported with a few extra steps you must perform.

  1. When purchasing or renewing a new license for a current product, you will get a serial key following the new licensing format.
  2. You must first activate the new license using the MESCIUS License Manager on their development machine. For more information, see Activating a Serial Key.
  3. You must then run the C1LicenseActivation utility. Upon launch, the utility will discover the new license and allow them to generate and install old-style keys to their development machine. This will allow older versions of controls to be licensed properly since they only know how to recognize old-style keys. For more information, see Using the C1LicenseActivation Tool.

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