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Getting FLEXlm started for RokDoc
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W: www.ikon-rokdoc.com
Uncounted Licenses
If you have an uncounted license, a line in your license le will
look like this:
This means RokDoc has unlimited use on the host name speci ed.
An uncounted license requires noserver. If the expiration date is
permanent, the license never expires, although usually a RokDoc
licensewill have an expiration date.
To install your license le, s ave the license le to the install
location of RokDoc; the same directory asRokDoc.bat , which is
typically C:\Program Files\Ikon Science\RokDoc5.x . You can name
the
le anything you like, but it must have a .lic extension.
Launch RokDoc, which by default when launched for the rst time
is already pointed to the RokDocinstallation directory. If prompted
with the licensing dialog, toggle use license le & type the
full pathwayto the license le.
OR;
If required, a licensing environment variable can be created
following these steps:
1. Right-click on my computer & choose properties
2. Click on advanced system settings (if necessary click on the
advanced tab)
3. Click on the environment variables button
4. In the system variables section click on the new button5. Set
the variable name to IKON_LICENSE_FILE
6. Set the variable value to be the full pathway & le name
of the license le
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Counted Network Licenses
A counted network license has SERVER and VENDOR lines at the top
of the le:
The SERVER line should have the name of the computer running the
license server, the license serverhostID & the (TCP/IP) port
number for the FLEXlm license server connection. By default, RokDoc
licensesare provided with port number 27001 if this port number is
already in use on your license server you canchange the port number
in the license le.
This license requires a FLEXlm license server to be running.
Follow these steps to set up the licenseserver:
1. Copy the (OS speci c) FLEXlm folder to the machine which will
be running the license server; thi smust be the machine that is
speci ed by the hostID in the SERVER line of the license le
2. Launch the lmtools program from the FLEXlm folder
3. Go to the cong services tab
4. Set the paths to lmgrd.exe, the RokDoc license le, & the
debug le
5. Tick the use services checkbox
6. Save the service
7. Go to the start/stop/reread tab
8. Click on the start server button
Follow these steps for each client machine that will access a
RokDoc license from the FLEXlm server:
To set an environment variable follow these steps:
1. Right-click on my computer & choose properties2. Click on
advanced system settings (if necessary click the advanced tab)
3. Click on the environment variables button
4. In the system variables section click on the new button
5. Set the variable name to IKON_LICENSE_FILE
6. Set the variable value to be the full pathway & le name
of the license le
OR;
Launch RokDoc & when prompted with the licensing dialog,
toggle use license server & type27001@server_name
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Getting FLEXlm started for RokDoc
