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License (/license, administrator only) manages this plugin’s own activation — separate from PADS4’s own application licensing.

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Status card

Shows current state (Active / Expired / Not activated), licensee, license key, activation mode (Online or Offline file), activation date, expiry (or “Never (perpetual)”), days remaining, last time it was checked online, and this installation’s unique Installation ID (with a one-click copy button — needed for offline activation requests).

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Activating

  • Online: paste the license key you were issued and click Activate. Requires this server to reach the license server directly.
  • Offline (no internet access from this server): copy the Installation ID from the status card, request an activation file from NDS using that ID plus your license key (done from any machine with internet access), then use Upload activation file… to select the .lic file you received. The file is validated client-side for a sane size before upload.

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Removing a license

Once active, a Remove license… option appears (behind a confirmation step, since it immediately stops the application from being usable until re-activated). Use this when moving a license to a different installation. An active license is periodically re-validated in the background; if that check fails, a warning appears on this page describing the problem without necessarily deactivating the app immediately (grace behavior depends on the license terms).