In the next version of LabVIEW , we will introduce a new method for licensing/product activation of third-party products (for Windows platforms). You will be able to add a layer of licensing to your add-ons and EXEs to protect your products with a similar sort of mechanism that NI uses. The licensing feature employs a commercial-grade encryption scheme and automated activation system.
How it works
There are two types of licensing that this feature will enable: development licensing and deployment licensing.
- Development licensing refers to protecting VIs in the LabVIEW environment. Add-on toolkit developers can use development licensing, so that licensed VIs break when a valid license doesn’t exist, thus preventing toolkit user from using an evaluation/expired version of a toolkit.
- Deployment licensing refers to protecting an application at run-time. With deployment licensing, you can develop turn-key, commercial software application built with LabVIEW without the need to implement your own licensing/activation scheme. Deployment licensing will be made feasible through an API, so you check license states and activate licenses through your LabVIEW programs.
Want to learn more?
If you are interested in a webinar presentation to learn more, or to discuss specific software licensing/activation use-cases that your organization faces, please contact:
Jeff Meisel
Product Partner Program Manager / LabVIEW Product Manager
jeff.meisel@ni.com
(512) 683-8795