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.
Note
This section talks about activating PowerBuilder only, if you want to activate PowerServer (PB Edition), please follow the Activating PowerServer (PB Edition) section in the Appeon License User Guide; and if you want to activate SnapDevelop, please follow the Activating SnapDevelop section in the Appeon License User Guide.
To activate PowerBuilder using an account assigned with an online license, follow these steps:
Step 1 -- Launch PowerBuilder IDE. When you launch PowerBuilder IDE for the first time after installation, the Log in to PowerBuilder window displays automatically.
Step 2 -- Click Log in in the Log in to PowerBuilder 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 PowerBuilder IDE.
To view the account and license information, click your account name on the right top of the PowerBuilder IDE and then click Account Management in the popup menu.
When an online license is renewed or upgraded by your license administrator, you will need to refresh the online license information in the PowerBuilder 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.
Once you log in to PowerBuilder 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 PowerBuilder to a different machine.
To de-activate an online license, you log out of PowerBuilder 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 PowerBuilder window again.
When you uninstall PowerBuilder with Internet connection, you will be automatically logged out PowerBuilder when the uninstall process starts; when you uninstall PowerBuilder 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.
