Licencing and activation

Caution For sites running ALB 1.19.0 and above a valid, current licence is required to enable full functionality.

To add a licence:

Go to Utilities » Licensing and Users, expand the Annual Licence folder and right-click on Annual Key in the right-hand pane.
When the Add New License dialog box opens, read the Terms and Conditions. Once you have done this, tick I have read the terms and conditions above to confirm you agree to them and click Next to display the second screen to enter the licence key.
Enter the key in the blocks as received from Advanced. If this is via an email, it is possible to copy and paste a block at a time from the email into the dialog box. Once you have entered a valid license key, click Finish. A message displays confirming the licence has been successfully added and showing the new expiry date.

Notes

If you enter an invalid key, the Finish button will not become active.
For sites upgrading from versions prior to 1.19.0, the expiry date will display as 01/07/2012 which indicates the expiry option is switched off.
In the Licensing and Users screen, the Annual Key will display the licence expiry date which you can check back on at any time.

Rules

New clients coming to ALB from version 1.19.0 onwards will be provided with a licence key, which will usually be valid for one year. Starting 30 days prior to the expiry date, a warning will be displayed to system administrators as they log into ALB. However, there is a grace period following expiry date to ensure that you are not obstructed in the course of your business. During this period a new licence key must be obtained from Advanced and entered into ALB in order to continue with full functionality.
Existing clients upgrading to version 1.19.0 onwards will be provided with a licence key with the update CD. This key will have no expiry date and will only need to entered once following the upgrade.
Where no licence has been set or the licence and the grace period has expired, you will not be able to create new clients or matters. The Add Client and Add Matter tools (and the respective menu items) will become inactive, i.e. greyed out. All remaining functionality will be available for situations where business is being wound down on ALB, e.g. following a takeover.
When there is no licence, the licence is reaching its expiry date, or the system is in the grace period, the following messages will be displayed as appropriate to system administrator each time they log on to ALB: