Activation Settings

The Activation Settings dialog is the central command center for your protection system. This is where you decide if your application requires a license to run and how that license is secured. For a comprehensive overview of licensing concepts, see the Licensing Feature guide.

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• Activation key is required: This is the most important option. When checked, your software will be locked until the user enters a valid license key.

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Hardware Locking allows you to bind a license to a specific computer to prevent key sharing. Learn more about this powerful anti-piracy technique in the Hardware Locking Feature guide.

• Create hardware-locked keys: When this option is active, a key generated for User “A” will never work on User “B’s” computer. The customer must provide their unique System ID.
• Allow generating non hardware-locked keys: Useful if you want to sell “site licenses” or universal keys that work on any PC.
• Hardware ID Options: Click this button to choose which hardware components (CPU, Hard Drive, BIOS) will be used to identify the computer.

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By default, VBA Padlock stores the license in the Windows Registry.

• Use portable mode: By checking this option, the license is saved in a .LIC file located right next to your Office document.

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This is where you can customize the appearance of your customers’ dialog boxes (logos, colors) or configure your online activation servers.

View Advanced Options →

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