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ScanningManager.License property

Read-Write property.

When you purchase ScanTools Plus Link SDK, you receive a 14-character license key string that you specify when you install the SDK on your development machine.

Within your solution code, you use this same string as input to the ScanningManager.License property. Writing to this property primarily asserts that you are a legal user of ScanTools Plus Link SDK. Secondly, this enables access to features that you may have purchased:

Optional features:

If you fail to write to this property with the assigned license key, access to purchased features is blocked and you will not be able to scan.

Type: BSTR

While Writing: 14-character license key.

While Reading: Comma separated list of strings, one for each purchased feature.

Valid

See Scanning Manager States and Valid Properties/Methods

See ScanningManager Events and Valid Properties/Methods

IDL

HRRESULT License([in]BSTR LicenseKeyString);

HRESULT License([out, retval] BSTR *pVal);

Values

VAR / Partners

This is always returned.

ScanFlex

This is returned if you have purchased the optional ScanFlex feature of ScanTools Plus Link SDK. ScanFlex is a feature of ScanTools Plus software; if you need your solution program to implement the feature, you must also purchase it as a feature of the SDK. For details on ScanFlex, see ScanTools Plus help.

URL Services

This is returned if you have purchased the optional URL Services feature of ScanTools Plus Link SDK. This feature allows you to specify internet addresses for application definition and profiles. This is important for web based scanning solutions.

XML Services

This is returned if you have purchased the optional XML Services feature of ScanTools Plus Link SDK. This feature allows you to access scanned output data in XML formats that are compatible with ADO (recordset), ADO.Net (dataset) and SQL Server 2005. You can also emit custom XML formats designed by you. This feature is thus important for ASP, ASP.Net or other solutions that send output to non-Microsoft technologies.

Browser Hosting/Scripting Services

This is returned if you have purchased the optional Browser Hosting/Scripting Services feature of ScanTools Plus Link SDK. This feature allows you to run within a web page under Internet Explorer. This feature is thus important for ASP, ASP.Net or other web hosted solutions.

Exceptions

You can only write to this property when the ScanningManager is in the idle state.

Scanning Services Exceptions

See also

ScanningManager Summary

 

 

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