RE: QLZARTV not returning license info as expected

[Dave Murvin <davem@xxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

At 08:56 AM 6/5/00, you wrote:
>Please do not go offline with this topic.  This definately holds my
>interest.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I think we are through.  I have learned 
more about the Software product APIS and how they work for tracking usage.

Although I may re-evaluate how I am using the APIs in the future or if 
problems arise during testing at client sites, I think I will stay with the 
way I am using the APIs for the following reasons:

The manuals suggest that when you Request a product licence, you first 
Retrieve the license information to check the license handle against the 
license handle that was generated during the Add Product License 
process.  The retrieve license information API returns, among other 
information, the product license handle and the license expiration 
date.  Each of my main application programs calls this API during the 
*INZSR process to verify the license handle and that the license has not 
expired.  As far as I can tell, this gives me all the license information I 
need and I do not need additional calls to the Request License and Release 
licence APIs. Remember that I am not tracking usage, only that I have a 
valid product license.

The only fly in the ointment is that I had to create an exit program for 
the install process that generates a temporary key because the default 
license has no expiration date (without using the methods previously 
described by Lo and others). The exit program wasn't too much trouble 
because I already had code for retrieving serial number and generating the 
permanent license.  So, by generating the temporary license one time, I 
reduce the number of license API calls for each application program from 3 
to 1.  I did have to generate my own "demo will expire on xxxx" type 
messages, where the Request license API generates these error messages for you.

I guess the final reason is that my results are good enough for my purposes 
and I have spent enough time on this project.  I want to move on to 
WebSphere and Java.
Dave Murvin
DRM Enterprises, Inc.
davem@drme.com

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