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Tools menu: License Borrowing
➤
Borrow License
Help menu: About
➤
Product Information or Product License Information
➤
Borrow License
Command line: borrowlicense
The Borrow a License window is displayed, presenting the following options:
Calendar Sets the date when you plan to return a borrowed license. The return
date must be within the range specified by your network administrator.
Borrow a License Borrows the license from the network license server based
on the specified return date .
Cancel Cancels the borrowing action; no license is borrowed.
Return a License
Your borrowed network license is automatically returned to the network license
server on the day that the license expires. You can return a license earlier than
the expiry date, but to do this, your computer must be connected to the
network license server.
Once a borrowed license is returned, you can borrow a license again as long
as your computer is connected to the network license server and a license is
available on the server.
To return a borrowed license early
Access to the command varies by product, and includes one or more of the
following options:
■ Click Tools menu
➤
License Borrowing
➤
Return License Early.
■ Click Help menu
➤
About
➤
Product Information or Product License
Information. In the Product License Information dialog box, click Return
License, and then click Yes.
■ In the status tray, right-click the License Borrowing icon. Click Return
License Early.
NOTE If your product supports access to license borrowing commands in the
status tray, you can use this method to return a borrowed license early, but the
display settings for the status tray must be turned on. To turn on the display
settings, right-click an empty area on the status bar. Click Tray Settings.
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