Checking your XBOUND licenses

XBOUND Installation Guide describes how to install the XBOUND License Service, how to apply a preliminary license file, and how to request and load a permanent license file.

There are different types of licenses:

• A volume license counts pages. (Front page + back page = two pages.) These two types of volume licenses are sometimes combined:

  • Annual volume license: A specific annual volume is purchased. Each year on the purchase date, the volume is automatically reset to the initial value, regardless of how many pages were processed.

  • One-time volume license: A specific volume is purchased without an expiration date. When the volume is used up, a new license must be purchased.

• Non-volume license: This type of license is purchased once and is always valid (regardless of the volume and time).

If a license file has been successfully loaded, you can use this procedure to check the contents:

1. Using the XBOUND Management Center, open a console containing the License Information plug-in.

2. The lower right pane displays the license information in three levels.  Click to display the next level of information.

3. Optional:

   There are two different ways to view the details, depending on what information you want to see or sort by. Click Change view () to switch between them. Change the sort order of the data by clicking the column headers.

   The default view	Supplier and Status (licenser and whether the file is temporary or permanent) License Object, Total Granted Licenses, and Total Remaining Licenses Creation Date, Renewal Date, Annual Licenses Granted, Annual Licenses Remaining, One-Time Licenses Granted, and One-Time Licenses Remaining
   The alternate view	Supplier and Status License Type and Creation Date License Object, Total Granted Licenses, and Total Remaining Licenses (total license volume granted and total remaining volume)

   Note: The upper part of the list shows volume licenses. Each activity counts the processed documents and changes the respective license counter. Below that is a list of non-volume licenses. If the license is present (True), the plug-in can be used.

4. Optional: To save your license information to an XML file (which is required when you request a permanent license file from ReadSoft), click the Save license information button:

   

   A PDF file that summarizes the current license status (consumption status) is also generated.