ASCI Licensing Mechanism (XLNT, BQMS)
The XLNT Serial Number is held in the registry. The only time that you would need to change this is if you have installed an evaluation copy of XLNT/BQMS and subsequently purchased a full copy.
If you have an evaluation Serial Number on your system, the expiration date is shown on the banner when you first start XLNT.
Installing the XLNT Serial Number
How do I Change the XLNT Serial Number?
Troubleshooting Error Messages
The first time that you install your XLNT/BQMS software, you will be prompted to enter the Serial Number during the installation process. Please make sure that you have it to hand, as installation will not proceed without it.
To change the XLNT Serial Number you have to change the Registry Entry to reflect the new serial number:
NOTE: Be careful with editing the registry because you can disable your entire computer by changing sensitive things which could cause a reinstall of Windows®
1. Quit XLNT if it is running
2. Run REGEDIT (or REGEDT32 under NT) by clicking START -> RUN -> REGEDIT (REGEDT32)
3. Open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive
4. Click SOFTWARE
5. Click ASCI
6. Click XLNT
7. Click CURRENT_VERSION
8. Double Click SERIAL# in the right side of the window
9. Enter New Serial Number Here, then click OK
10. Quit REGEDIT (REGEDT32) and run XLNT
The messages shown below may be displayed if an error occurs while verifying the license for XLNT/BQMS. The error message will be displayed inside a DOS window that will pause before exiting.
Symptom The product exits with "XLNT-E-INVLICENSE, license is invalid" Cause The XLNT Serial Number is invalid. Solution Please check to see that you have entered it correctly by checking the registry entry as described above.
Symptom The product exits with "XLNT-E-LICENSEXP, license has expired" Cause The XLNT Serial Number has expired. This should only happen if you are using an evaluation license. Solution If you wish to continue evaluating the product, please contact Sector7 Sales.