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Chapter 4 – Protecting Applications Using CodeCover
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What’s Next?
Updating Custom CodeCover Key
You may need to update the Custom CodeCover key for extending its expiry
date. Follow the below steps to update the Custom CodeCover key:
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1. Generate a request code (.req file). This request code contains details,
such as serial number and developer ID, of the Custom CodeCover key.
2. On the Custom CodeCover Key tabbed page, load the request code
(.req) file.
3. Select a developer key in the Key Status panel. The developer key
should have the same developer ID as that of the Custom CodeCover
key for which you are generating the update code.
4. By default, the serial number of the Custom CodeCover key using
which the .req file was generated is displayed, in the Token Serial
Number field. You can replace it by the serial number of other Custom
CodeCover key which you want to update.
5. Specify a new expiry date for the Custom CodeCover key.
6. Click Generate Update Code to generate an update code (.upw file),
which contains the modified expiry date for the custom CodeCover
key.
7. Either save the update code to a specified location or e-mail it directly
to the customer, at the location of whom the Custom CodeCover key is
used.
8. Apply the update code using the Secure Update Utility/Secure Update
Wizard, to update the expiry date of the Custom CodeCover key.
After adding a CodeCover feature to the license template, you may now:
Add API features to the license template (see Chapter 5, “Protecting
Applications Using API,” on page 109).