Activating a License

PlanetPress Connect and PlanetPress Workflow both come with individual 30 day trial license periods during which time it is not necessary to have a commercial license to run the applications. This allows time for reviewing the applications and for organizing a commercial license. If a modification to the trail license is required, such as to allow an extension to the trial period, or for extra functionality, then a new activation code will need to be requested.

Obtaining the PlanetPress Connect Magic Number

To obtain an activation file the OL™ Magic Number must first be retrieved. The Magic Number is a machine-specific code that is generated based on the computer's hardware and software using a top-secret Objectif Lune family recipe. Each physical computer or virtual computer has a different Magic Number, and each requires a separate license file to be functional.

To get the PlanetPress Connect Magic Number, open the PlanetPress Connect Designer application:

• Open the Start Menu

• Click on All Programs, then Objectif Lune, then PlanetPress Connect

• Open the PlanetPress Connect Designer [version] shortcut.

• If the application has never been activated before or if the activation (either a trial or full license) has expired, the Software Activation dialog should automatically appear.
  If the application license is still active (either a trial or full license) and has not yet expired, load the Software Activation dialog via the Help > PlanetPress Connect Software Activation ... Menu option.
  

  • License Information subsection:

    • Magic Number: Displays the PlanetPress Connect Magic Number.

    • Copy the magic number to the clipboard: Click to copy the Magic Number to the clipboard. It can then be pasted in the activation request email using the Windows CTRL+V keyboard shortcut.

  • Licensed Products subsection:

    • Name: Displays the name of the application or module relevant to this activation.
      The Information button provides detailed information about the application or module license.

    • Serial Number: Displays the trial license serial number or the activation serial number if the product has been activated in the past.

    • Expiration Date: Displays the date when the activation will expire, or the current date if the product is not activated.

  • End-User License Agreement - Appears only when loading a license file:

    • License: This box displays the EULA. Please note that this agreement is legally binding.

    • I agree: Select to accept the EULA. This option must be selected to install the license.

    • I don't agree: Select if you do not accept the EULA. You cannot install the license if this option is selected.

  • Load License File: Click to browse to the Connect license file (.olconnectlicense), once it has been received.

  • Install License - Active only when a license file is Loaded: Click to install the license and activate the software.

  • Close: Click to cancel this dialog.
    Even if a license file has been Loaded, it will not be installed if this dialog is Cancelled before the Install License button was clicked.

The Software Activation dialog can also be reached through a shortcut located in All Programs > Objectif Lune and is named Connect Software Activation.
Since it does not need to load Designer, this is the fastest way to access license activation.

Requesting a license

After getting the Magic Number, a license request must be done for both PlanetPress Connect and Workflow 8:

• Customers must submit their Magic Number and serial number to Objectif Lune via the Web Activations page: https://www.objectiflune.com/activations. The OL Customer Care team will then send the PlanetPress Connect license file via email.

• Resellers can create an evaluation license via the Objectif Lune Partner Portal by following the instructions there: https://extranet.objectiflune.com/

Note that if you do not have a serial number, one will be issued to you by the OL Activations team.

Accepting the license will activate it, after which the PlanetPress Connect services will need to be restarted. Note that in some case the service may not restart on its own. To resolve this issue, restart the computer, or start the service manually from the computer's Control Panel.

Activating PlanetPress Workflow 8

PlanetPress Workflow 8 uses the same licensing scheme as PlanetPress Connect. There are two ways of activating the license for Workflow 8 after saving it to a suitable location:

• If only PlanetPress Workflow 8 is installed, double-click on the license for the PlanetPress Workflow 8 License Activation dialog to open. Applying the license here activates all of the Workflow 8 components.

• If you have both PlanetPress Workflow 8 and PlanetPress Connect installed, it will not be possible to double-click on the license file as this will always open the PlanetPress Connect Activations Tool. Instead, open PlanetPress Workflow 8 manually and apply the license through the activations dialog within.

Activating PlanetPress Connect

To activate PlanetPress Connect, simply save the license file somewhere on your computer where you can easily find it, such as on your desktop. You can then load the license by double-clicking on it, or through the PlanetPress Connect Software Activation tool.

Activating the PlanetPress Connect license requires the user to have local Windows Administration rights.

• Using a user profile that has local Windows Administration rights, open the Start Menu

• Click on All Programs, then browse to the Objectif Lune folder.

• Run the “Connect Software Activation” tool.

• Click the Load License File button, and browse for the .olconnectlicense file you received from Objectif Lune Inc..

• Read the EULA and click the I agree option to accept it.

• Click Install License to activate the license. The license will then be registered on the computer and you will be able to start using the software.