If a user has installed your software on a PC without an Internet connection they may activate the software by using second computer that has an Internet connection. This process may also be used on computers behind a restrictive firewall. Note: This requires SOLO Server or SOLO Server.
The activation dialog will not be displayed if the application is already activated or if you are using the Do not show trial dialog for X days option while your software is running as a trial before X days have passed. However, if you need to display the activation dialog again there are several options to do so:
The user will first need to enter their License ID and Password:
The user will select a path to save an activation file. They should save this file to a USB stick or other removable media.
Once the file is stored the user can take it to a PC with an Internet connection and just double-click the file. Once they open the file, their browser will open to the offline activation page. They will be instructed to download a .reg file and save it as shown here:
The user will take this .reg file back to the original PC that does not have an Internet connection.
The user will double-click the .reg file and be prompted to make sure they want to enter this information in their registry. Once the information is in the registry, the user may start the application, which will detect the new information and automatically activate.
