Licensing behind a firewell

[scotty2012]

I have activated my SQL Compare instance with the manual method, and it worked fine. I am now trying to activate using the information found here:
http://www.red-gate.com/supportcenter/Content?p=SQL%20Comparison%20SDK&c=SQL_Comparison_SDK/help/8.0/SDK_Licensing.htm&toc=SQL_Comparison_SDK/help/8.0/toc68944.htm

I've also tried with the machinehashutility.exe which seems to execute fine (after I added my proxy to machinehashutility.exe.config), but I still get prompted for the serial number when I build my project that uses the SQL Compare SDK. When I click 'Activate' the box just closes and then I get these errors:

[james.billings]

Not finding the resources file is quite a common error with the SDK - a couple of things to try are:

- try building one of the sample applications, and activate that.
- make sure your app isn't targetting the .NET 4 Client profile, instead, use the full one, or ideally 2 / 3.5

When it fails "correctly", you should still be able to then follow the manual activation procedure if necessary.

[scotty2012]

Hi James,
I was able to build the SQL Compare example application with no problems, but it did not ask me to activate. I am using the .Net 4.0 framework in order to integrate with TFS.

I was able to get the licensing in my DLL done using this method:
http://www.red-gate.com/supportcenter/Content?p=SQL%20Comparison%20SDK&c=knowledgebase%5cSQL_Comparison_SDK%5cKB200708000115.htm

But, when I try to actually use the dll, I get an exception with the message: "You do not have a valid license for the SQL Comparison SDK". But the server that is using SQL Compare has a valid licensed copy installed.