User Count Administrator Help

The User Count Administrator is a tool to help you manage your user count licenses.   The following is a description of each field within the User Count Administrator main window.

Product Install Directory

This is the directory in which your Pervasive MicroKernel engine resides. The user count key file, which controls how many licenses you own and whose value is shown on the User Count Administrator dialog, resides in this same directory.

For the Windows NT Pervasive server, this directory is usually C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32.

For NetWare, it is the directory in which your system files reside. For example, SYS:\SYSTEM.

If the User Count Administrator is executed remotely, specify the product install directory and click Refresh to tell the User Count Administrator to read the user count license information for the Pervasive Product that resides in the product install directory.  You can click Refresh any time.

For assistance in choosing the product install directory, press the button labeled ... and select the desired directory.  If you click OK in the Choose Directory dialog box, the information in the User Count Administrator is automatically refreshed for the Pervasive product located in the chosen directory.

If the User Count Administrator is executed in the same directory in which the Pervasive product resides, the User Count Administrator automatically reads the user count information from within that directory when launched.  An error message is displayed if the User Count Administrator cannot read the user count information.

Product Serial Number

This is the unique product serial number of your Pervasive product.  The product serial number is generated by the User Count License Manager when it is initialized.

If the User Count Administrator is not able to verify whether the User Count License Manager initialized properly, this field is blank.

Increasing User Counts

License keys come in two forms, diskette files and 16 character hexadecimal strings.  The User Count Administrator may be used with either form to increase the concurrent number of users licensed to access a Pervasive server.  The relevant portions on the User Count Administrator dialog are:

•	Add Diskette License
Select the disk drive containing the license key diskette file in the drop-down combo box and click the Add License button.  Diskette based license keys must be mailed to customers.

•	Enter License Key
Type the 16 character electronic license key string into the edit box and click the Add Key button.  Electronic license key strings may be delivered over the phone when ordering.

Current User Count

This field displays the current user count of Pervasive products.

If the User Count Administrator is not able to verify whether the User Count License Manager is initialized properly, this field is blank.

Refresh Button

When pressed, this button re-reads the user count information for Pervasive product(s) located in the Product Install Directory.  If the information is successfully read, the display is updated.  Otherwise, an error message is displayed and display fields are disabled.

Close Button

This button terminates the User Count Administrator application.

Help Button

This button displays the help window for the User Count Administrator.

About Button

This button displays product name and version information.

Remove License Button

This button displays the Remove License Dialog, which allows you to remove your Pervasive Software User Count License.


Remove License Dialog

The Remove License dialog box allows you to choose a Pervasive software license that you want to remove.  If you double-click on the timebombed key, a message box will display the expiration date for the specific product.

Remove Single License Button

This button allows you to remove a single Pervasive software license. Since the User Count Administrator only displays the highest version of each product in the current user count, you may want to remove a license if you inadvertently install a user count key from a higher version  while still using a previous version of the product.

Back to Administrator Button

This button returns you to the User Count Administrator.

Help Button

This button displays this help text.