RadDock for ASP.NET
Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • What is new
  • General Features
  • ASP.NET 2.0 Features
  • Licensing
  • Installation and deployment
  • Changes and Backward Compatibility
  • AJAX Support
  • RadDock Overview
  • Defining dynamic layouts with RadDock controls
  • Design-time Support
  • Customizing Appearance
  • RadDock Client-Side
  • Interoperability with Other Controls
  • Get more help
  • API Reference
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Developer Licenses

If you have purchased a developer license, you can skip this section. Developer licenses come with modified DLLs, which work without license keys. If you have a developer license for one or more of the Telerik components, you only need to ensure that you are using the developer build.

 

If your application is displaying a license key error, this means that you are using a trial version of the product. Log in to your Client.net account and download the developer build. Please take a look at section "Upgrading the Trial License to a Production License" step-by-step instructions.

 

Trial Licenses

The free trial licenses of all Telerik products are fully functional and will work for an unlimited time without license keys at http://localhost. The trial licenses will display the following message on your webform:

"[product name] Copyright © Telerik 2005. To remove this message, please, obtain a 30-day trial key".

 

The message can be removed if you set a trial license key.

 

Also, if you try to access the products by IP (e.g. http://123.123.123.123), domain name (http://www.telerik.com), or machine name (http://MyPc/MyWebApplication), you will receive the following license key warning:

"([product name] You have not provided valid license key or company name, or you are trying to access the control by domain name, IP, or server name. Please, use http://localhost/ instead or contact Telerik's support team through the on-line ticketing system)".

 

By setting a trial license key you will be able to test the products on locations other than http://localhost and will also hide the copyright message. You can generate a trial license key by logging to your Client.net account. Follow the steps below:

  1. Log into Client.net (www.telerik.com/clientnet)

  2. Go to "My Licenses" -> [product] Trial -> "Keys" -> "Generate keys"

  3. Complete the fields. (See "Guidelines for specifying domain names") The key will be generated immediately and will also be sent to your e-mail.

 

The license information for all Telerik components is stored in the LicenseFile.xml file, which can be found in the "RadControls" folder. By default, the LicenseFile property of each control points to this file: ~/RadControls/LicenseFile.xml.

You can change the file’s location and name, but in order for the products to work properly, you must set a valid path/name in the LicenseFile property.

As the LicenseFile property has a default value, the easiest way to set your licensing information is to open the supplied default LicenseFile.xml and enter the required information. You should use the licensing information from the license key confirmation e-mail to fill in the "company" and "licenseKey" fields for all products that you want to unlock. Below is a sample LicenseFile.xml:

<root>

<license control="editor" company="YOUR COMPANY" licenseKey="YOUR LICENSE KEY1"/>

<license control="spell" company="YOUR COMPANY" licenseKey="YOUR LICENSE KEY2"/>

<license control="menu" company="YOUR COMPANY" licenseKey="YOUR LICENSE KEY3"/>

</root>

As you can notice, you may use a single LicenseFile to unlock more than one Telerik component and thus keep all of your licensing information into one place.

 

To avoid problems when specifying domain names please, read the guidelines below.

  • Log-in to our Client Extranet (www.telerik.com/clientnet) using the password specified in your registration confirmation.
  • You will see your Professional license listed under the "Telerik RadDock" category in the "Licenses" section. Click on the "Get key" link.
  • You will be asked to enter the IP of your development/test server. Enter the IP without http:// (e.g. 123.34.45.56). The license key generated will unlock the control on both your development/test server and on the domain you later specify. Practically this means that you don't need to purchase a separate license for your internal/development use. In case of a web-development company, for example, you can use any of your 10 license key(s) on both your development server and the client’s live server.
  • Once you are done with that, you are taken to the license keys generation page. Enter the top-level domain name(s) for the key(s).
Note: Make sure you don’t include any prefixes like www or http:// or the license key will not be generated properly. Do not enter second level domains like support.telerik.com. Use telerik.com instead.

You can enter the IP of the live server in case it does not have a domain name. Otherwise we recommend that you always use its domain name.

  • Press Submit.
Note: Once a license key is generated, it cannot be modified. This means you cannot change the domain, for which Telerik RadDock has been licensed.
  • Check your e-mail. The license key(s) that you have created should be in your mailbox.