Floating Licence Editions
Floating licenses are suitable for companies who wish to automate the management of Enterprise Architect registration keys, providing the facility to administer the licenses via the Sparx Enterprise Key Store. This is a free service with the purchase of floating licenses and can be downloaded from the registered users section of the Sparx Systems Website.
The Sparx Systems Key Store application is used to administer floating license keys. The first step in making a floating license key available is for the key administrator to create a network folder to store the floating license key file. This folder and the file generated by the Key Store application which contains the keys need to be installed on a Windows, Wine or Novell based file system.
The Key Store application allows the key administrator to define two different modes of operation: one mode is with an auto check-in and check-out facility (which requires Enterprise Architect version 5.0 build 768 or higher to operate). The other mode of operation allows the administrator to define a time limit for each floating license key; this time limit should be set according to the user's needs. After this pre-set time limit has passed, the key will expire and automatically be returned to the Key Store, making the key available for other users. Each time a user utilizes Enterprise Architect and has access to the network file location containing the key store file; the time limit on the key is extended to the original time defined by the key administrator.
As with all Sparx Systems licensing, the license keys may still only be used by one user at a time, keeping the number of users concurrent to the number of licenses purchased.
Floating licenses are available for the Ultimate, Systems Engineering, Business and Software Engineering, and Corporate editions of Enterprise Architect.
System requirements
3 MB Disk Space
Operating System: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista - Linux/Intel Mac
Note: The keystore is not compatible with Windows 9x
Please Note: Users with the Sparx Enterprise Key Store who downloaded the SSKeyStore.exe before the release of Enterprise Architect version 5.0 build 768 on the 14-July-2005 will need to download the new SSKeyStore installer to gain access to the auto check-in and check-out facility.
