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racer
01-14-2004, 09:24 PM
We recently purchased 40-something copies of Lahey Academic v7.0. I have figured out how to script install Visual Studio and masse install Lahey without issue with the exception of one piece. The activation of Lahey appears to have to be done on each individual machine, and thus far I haven't figured out how to script it. What I would like to know is if there is a way to specify how your license should be activated, and the license number on the command line, such as:
licact.exe /W xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx. Does such an animal exist? We (as in all IT departments) are tight for resources, especially personnel resources, and we don't have time to visit each of the 40 systems by hand as they are rebuilt (sometimes as often as 4 times per semester).

Any help is appreciated.

Lahey Support
01-14-2004, 11:59 PM
You can use this syntax for the License Activation program:

LicAct.exe /lfsn:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(where xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is your serial number without the hyphens)

Running LicAct this way will make it attempt an online activation, which requires internet connectivity. However, it will not be completely silent - there will be a confirmation dialog and other possible dialogs depending on the activation success or failure.

In our upcoming v7.1 release, for a completely silent online activation, you will be able to use this syntax:

LicAct.exe /quiet /lfsn:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx