Online activation

Online activation requires you to input an account which is assigned with a valid online license by your license administrator. And Internet access is required during the activation process, because the online license will be activated by the Appeon license server.

For a complete view of the licence activation process for PowerBuilder, InfoMaker, and PowerServer, refer to Appeon License User Guide.

Activating with an online license

To activate InfoMaker using an account assigned with an online license, follow these steps:

Step 1 -- Launch InfoMaker IDE. When you launch InfoMaker IDE for the first time after installation, the Log in to InfoMaker window displays automatically.

Step 2 -- Click Log in in the Log in to InfoMaker window.

Step 3 -- Input the user name and password for your account, and then click Log In.

Make sure the current machine can connect to Internet, as your account will be validated and the binding license will be activated by the Appeon license server immediately. Once validation and activation is successful, you will be logged in to InfoMaker IDE.

To view the account and license information, click your account name on the right top of the InfoMaker IDE and then click Account Management in the popup menu.

Refreshing an online license

When an online license is renewed or upgraded by your license administrator, you will need to refresh the online license information in the InfoMaker IDE accordingly.

You refresh an online license by clicking the Refresh license link in the account information window (opened by selecting the Account Management popup menu). Internet access is required.

Log out to de-activate

Once you log in to InfoMaker successfully, which also means the online license is activated successfully, you should stay login unless you absolutely need to log out to de-activate the license, for example, to move InfoMaker to a different machine.

To de-activate an online license, you log out of InfoMaker by clicking the Sign out link in the account information window (opened by selecting the Account Management popup menu). Internet access is required.

Once logout is successful, you will be shown with the Log in to InfoMaker window again.

When you uninstall InfoMaker with Internet connection, you will be automatically logged out InfoMaker when the uninstall process starts; when you uninstall InfoMaker without Internet connection, you will be prompted to contact your license administrator to de-activate your license on the website and then the uninstall process starts.