SQL Comparison SDK - 10.0
Licensing the SQL Comparison SDK
When you purchase the SQL Comparison SDK, on its own or as part of the SQL Toolbelt, the license entitles you to distribute up to ten copies of an application created using the SDK.
For more information, see:
- Distributing your SDK applications
- The Red Gate license agreement (pdf)
- Licensing ASP.NET applications
Licensing requirements
To create licensed applications using the SQL Comparison SDK, you must:
- have a valid SQL Comparison SDK, or SQL Toolbelt serial number
- include a valid licenses.licx file in your .NET project
For each project you create using the SQL Comparison SDK, the first time it is compiled, you are prompted for a serial number. Once you have entered a serial number, the project is licensed, and subsequent builds will succeed silently.
SQL Comparison SDK applications that are not licensed with a valid serial number display a trial expiry dialog box when compiled, and will not work after the trial period has expired.
Licenses.licx
When setting up your .NET project in Visual Studio, note that the licenses.licx file:
- is case sensitive
- must have a build action of Embedded resource
- must contain one or more of the following entries, on separate lines:
RedGate.SQLCompare.Engine.Database, RedGate.SQLCompare.EngineRedGate.SQLDataCompare.Engine.ComparisonSession, RedGate.SQLDataCompare.EngineRedGate.SQLPackager.Engine.PackagerEngine, RedGate.SQLPackager.EngineIf you are using only the SQL Compare API in your application, include only the first line. To use the SQL Data Compare API, you must include the first two lines. To use the SQL Packager API, include all three lines in the file.
Example: licensing a project
To set up licensing for a project using only the SQL Compare API:
- In the Solution Explorer pane of Visual Studio, right-click the project, click Add, and then click New Item
The Add New Item dialog box is displayed
- On the Add New Item dialog box, select Text File, and specify the name licenses.licx
If the file already exists, you will be prompted to overwrite it.
The licenses.licx file is displayed
- Add the following to licenses.licx, and save the file:
RedGate.SQLCompare.Engine.Database,RedGate.SQLCompare.EngineNote that entries in licenses.licx are case sensitive.
- Right click licenses.licx, and click Properties. Ensure the Build action is set to Embedded resource.
Licensing is now set up for the project. If this is the first time you have licensed the SQL Comparison SDK, you will be prompted for a serial number when you compile the project.
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- Application licensing invalidated by renaming assembly
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- RedGate.Licensing.Helper.dll is attempting managed execution inside OS Loader lock
- Troubleshooting SQL Comparison SDK licensing
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- Using SQL Data Compare mappings in projects using the API
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- Error 1603 occurring during installation
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