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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide

License Management

General

The License Manager is a license managing utility that is installed on the license administrator’s station when creating an

administrative installation point (see Creating and Administrative Installation Point). The License Manager allows the administrator

to do the following:

● Add licenses;

● Activate licenses;

● Assign licenses to specific workstations;

● Obtain information about the parameters of licenses.

ABBYY FineReader 8.0 License Manager

The License Manager main window displays the following columns:

1. License #, which shows the number of the license and the index which corresponds to this number in the current

batch of licenses.

2. Status, which shows the status of the license and the name of the computer which currently uses the license.

License Types

There are two types of license: concurrent and per seat.

1. Concurrent

The number of licenses equals the number of ABBYY FineReader copies which can be run on several workstations

simultaneously. Each time ABBYY FineReader is run on a workstation, it sends a request to the server. If there are

activated concurrent licenses on the server, ABBYY FineReader will "take" the first unused license. When ABBYY

FineReader is closed on the workstation, the license is released. If there are no unused licenses available on the

server, the program displays a corresponding message.

2. Per Seat

The number of licenses equals the number of ABBYY FineReader copies installed on the company's computers.

Each license is assigned to a specific workstation, and the copies of ABBYY FineReader will run on the

workstations without sending requests to the server. If ABBYY FineReader is being installed on a workstation from

the server with activated per seat licenses, the first available unused license will be assigned to the workstation

during installation. This license can only be returned back to the server by uninstalling ABBYY FineReader from

the workstation.

Note:

If there are both activated concurrent and activated per seat licenses on the server, by default an unused concurrent license will be

used for running ABBYY FineReader on the workstation. No per seat license will be used. However, the system administrator can assign