New build for Activation center (ACEN) has been released. This update is highly recommended for all Activation center users.

What's new:

[>] ACEN now requires ASP .NET 4.0 and later version.

If your site is already running under .NET 4 no changes in IIS web server setup are required. If your site is running under .NET 2 or 3 you need to upgrade your website to .NET 4.

[+] Login status control added.

It is now possible to disable or enable login for users and clients.

NOTE: All currently logged in clients will also be logged out when login is disabled for clients.

[!] Fixed problem with date picker control and culture info settings.

[*] Logging events reorganized.

[!] Few minor UI & bug fixes.

[>] UPGRADING NOTES:

Please refer to whatsnew.txt document for detailed information and upgrade instructions.

New build for Activation center (ACEN) has been released. This update brings major changes to UI and is highly recommended for all Activation center users.

What's new:

[+] New fully responsive UI design.

All components are updated to support new UI.

[*] Client interface: 

- Activation code is now displayed in licenses table.
- Extended activation codes are truncated when displayed in table cell.
- User can view full length activation code in a pop-up window by clicking on activation code in licenses table. This is where activation code can be copied to clipboard.

[!] Program authorization rights were not correctly managed.

Users with only program authorization set were not able to manage programs without enabling order/client authorization rights. Fixed.

[>] No database changes were introduced in this release.

[>] UPGRADING NOTES:

Please refer to whatsnew.txt document for detailed information and upgrade instructions.

New service build for Activation center (ACEN) has been released. This update is highly recommended for all Activation center users.

What's new:

[+] Custom data added to Client and Order entities.

Custom data offers three additional fields (string: nvarchar(500)).

Use this data for storing additional specific Client or Order data (like Order reference or Client VAT number) which can not be otherwise set with existing fields.

By default, all custom data is empty. Custom data control will initially be closed in case all custom data is empty.

Custom data titles (default: 01, 02, 03) can be changed in admin interface options for both Client and Order data. 

[+] Custom data control added.

[+] Admin interface options control added

[+] Default number of rows per page option added to admin interface options.

Use this option to set number of rows to display on a single page when using pagination (1-99, default: 5)

[+] Programs grid control added.

[!] Orders table was not displaying all pages in case parameters were passed via url.

[>] Important: change in acen.config file settings. Be sure to update existing acen.config file with new options.

[>] Upgrade script (3.51.00-3.60.00.sql) is available for users upgrading from previous release.

Please refer to whatsnew.txt document for detailed information and upgrade instructions.

New service build for Activation center (ACEN) has been released. This update is highly recommended for all Activation center users.

What's new:

[!] Fixed problem with SerialNumber control (serialization error)

Please refer to whatsnew.txt document for detailed information and upgrade instructions.

New service build for Activation center (ACEN) has been released. This update is highly recommended for all Activation center users.

What's new:

[+] New web licenses can now be added manually from administrator interface.

This option is useful in case protected application using web licensing has no access to Internet.

Step by step instructions on how to add new web license manually:

1. Go to web licenses page.
2. Click on Add button (located below Filter button).
3. New web license control will be displayed.
4. Select Program and set Serial number, Site code, MID code and Note.
5. Click on Add button to add new web license.

[*] ACEN web service: GetWebLicense method added.

Use this method to check for existing web license after activation.

If application is activated on remote computer and this method is reporting error (STATUS_LICENSE_MISSING) application should consider removing license from remote computer since license is no longer available in ACEN (because it was removed manually by acen admin).

[*] ACEN web service: WebLicenseAlive method added.

This method will report web license as "alive" (active) to ACEN.

Protected application could make this call once a day or as required. Each time this method is called ACEN will save current server date/time to web license details. Last saved time can be reviewed in web license details (Last alive call field).

In this way ACEN administrators can determine if web license is still in use on remote computer.

[+] Brute force protection for ACEN web servide added.

Brute force protection is currently implemented for web service SOAP authentication and all web licensing methods which do not require any authentication.

If enabled, ACEN will monitor all failures (invalid logins in case of SOAP authentication or errors in case of web licensing methods) within defined period (in minutes).

This means that remote host can generate max number of failures (M) within defined period (T). Once the number of failures is over the maximum number of failures (M) for specific remote host ip address web service will return STATUS_HOST_TEMPORARILY_BANNED error until defined period since last recorded failure is reached (by default, 15 minutes since the last recorded failure).

[*] Acenservice sample application has been updated to reflect latest changes in acen web service methods.

[>] Important: change in acen.config file settings. Be sure to update existing acen.config file with new options.

[>] Upgrade script (3.40.00-3.50.00.sql) is available for users upgrading from previous release.

Please refer to whatsnew.txt document for detailed information and upgrade instructions.