A: No. The license is perpetual for the version you download during your active maintenance period. Only the maintenance (right to updates) expires annually.
A: Only with an OEM/Redistribution license. A standard Developer License does not permit redistribution of Chilkat DLLs to third parties. chilkat license key
A: No. Obfuscation does not interfere with the string-based license check. However, ensure the string is not altered or encrypted before passing it to Chilkat. A: Only with an OEM/Redistribution license
Place UnlockBundle at the very beginning of your application's lifecycle (e.g., in Main , Application_Start , or a static constructor). 2. "This license key is not valid for this version of Chilkat." Cause: You have an old license key (e.g., for Chilkat v9.3.0) but you are using a newer binary (e.g., v9.5.0). Each major version requires its own license key. Obfuscation does not interfere with the string-based license
Below are examples in the most popular languages supported by Chilkat. using Chilkat; // Initialize any Chilkat object (e.g., Http, MailMan, Ssh) Chilkat.Global glob = new Chilkat.Global(); bool success = glob.UnlockBundle("CHILKAT-LICENSE-XXXXX-YYYYY-ZZZZZ"); if (!success) { Console.WriteLine("License unlock failed: " + glob.LastErrorText); return; } Console.WriteLine("License successfully unlocked."); 2. Python import sys import chilkat Unlock the component glob = chilkat.Global() success = glob.UnlockBundle("CHILKAT-LICENSE-XXXXX-YYYYY-ZZZZZ") if (success != True): print("License unlock failed:") print(glob.LastErrorText) sys.exit() else: print("Chilkat license activated.") 3. Java import com.chilkatsoft.*; public class ChilkatUnlock { static { try { System.loadLibrary("chilkat"); } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) { System.err.println("Native library loading failed\n" + e); System.exit(1); } }
