How to install a desktop machine license

This article is about the license installation on desktop machines (machine-bound licenses).
For server license installations please read the respective article.

SeeSAR and infiniSee

Follow these steps to manually enter a license file:

• First start: If you don’t have a valid (test) license key so far, the software will show a license dialog directly on the start screen.
  1. Select the license file or drag&drop it in this window.
  2. The software will switch to the normal start screen with options to begin your work.
  3. If the key will not be accepted, please see how to report a license problem.
• Update a key: Enter the license dialog
  1. Click the wheel icon in the main toolbar: “System > License”.
  2. Select the license file or drag&drop it in this window.
  3. If the license key is valid, the license period will be updated in the info line.
  4. If there are problems with the key, a red box will be shown with the error message.  When you move the mouse over the message, a button appears to copy the error message to the clipboard.  Click this button and follow the corresponding steps of how to report a license problem.

Alternatively, you can place the license file into the directory of the software executable.

Command line tools (e.g. FTrees, FlexS, FlexX, Hyde, CoLibri)

Simply copy the license file into the directory of the software executable.

PoseView

To install the license, just copy the license file to a directory of your choice.
Next, you must set the environment variable BIOSOLVE_LICENSE_FILE to point to the directory of the license.
For further details just see set license location via environment variable