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1. In License Manager, click the icon. The Lock\Unlock Group
dialog box appears.
2. Specify the password.
3. Click OK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Question 1 - What is a default feature instance? How does it differ
from other non-default/new feature instances?
When you add a CodeCover or API feature in the License Designer screen,
it is known as the default feature instance. If Add instances later check
box is selected during this process, new feature instances can be created in
the License Manager screen.
These are known as the non-default or new feature instances. The option to
create new feature instances provides the flexibility of changing the licensing
values right-before programming hardware keys, without having to
change the protection strategy (created in the License Designer screen).
The FAQs below provide more information.
Question 2 - What is the difference between “updating the default
instance” and “adding a new instance?
Updating a default feature instance allows you to modify the licensing settings
right-before programming a batch of Sentinel Keys. This modification
does not affect your protection implementation at the application-level. For
example, you can specify 999 executions instead of 99, without generating
the header file again, or applying the CodeCover protection again, and so on.
However, updating the default instance can be quite tedious when the
licensing values need to be modified quite frequently. Further, the updated
values overwrite the values specified earlier (non-persistent). Therefore, it
might be useful to add different feature instances having different licensing
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