License v18
v18.4.7
26-11-2024
General
Improved the startup performance of the License Manager Dialog in environments with multiple products installed.
Fixed
Startup issues with License.exe (and About.exe) for several products, which prevented command-line activations on multiple computers.
Crash for products with feature-based licenses when the license was changed while the application was running or when the applications was running for longer than 24 Hours.
Rare product startup issues when incompatible Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications.dll versions or platform targets were preloaded by other add-ins, resulting in errors when diplaying license notifications in the Window Notification Center
(System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null; System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Operation is not supported on this platform)
v18.4.2
24-09-2024
General
Refactored license validation and notification functions to enable compatibility with Inventor 2025, PowerShell 7 and other .NET Core-based applications
Assemblies are no longer installed in the GAC (e.g. publisher policy files for coolOrange.Licensing and coolOrange.Utils.UI, and third-party assemblies like Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications, System.ValueTuple).
Starting now, it is no longer the latest Licensing version that is used by all installed products, but the one bundled and merged with each product.
v18.4.1
17-04-2024
Features
A single customer key can be used to easily activate all coolOrange products included in your subscription at once.
License Information Dialog now displays the license status directly instead of showing notifications
Fixed
Activation issues when the Long time format delimiter in the Windows Regional settings is not a colon (:) - for example with Danish (Greenland).
This problem affected valid StandAlone licenses and offline activations that resulted in a “License is not valid” notification.Issue in the License Information Dialog:
Dialog did not provide any feedback during activation when pressing “Register License”.
30 days remaining were displayed if an expired or invalid license was registered even though the product could not be used.
Issues with license notifications:
Annoying license warnings, previously displayed frequently and often during product evaluations and before the annual renewal, are now only displayed once a day.
Under certain conditions, products showed invalid license notifications when the connection to the internet was temporarily lost.
After notifications in the Windows Action Center, many product icons were often displayed in the taskbar.
They suddenly disappear when moving the mouse over them, especially noticeable on server environments like the Job Processor.An incorrect license error text was displayed if an expired or invalid license was registered.
v18.3.1
30-06-2023
General
Removed support for the Token license model
Fixed
Issue that for activated products when checking the validity of the license, redundant request were sent to the license server
Issue where the same licensing notifications were repeatedly displayed when two or more products were running in the same process and both displayed licensing notifications
v18.2.29
11-04-2023
General
Upgraded to .NET Framework 4.7
End User License Agreement (EULA) has changed
Product Information Window link to EULA page has changed
Fixed
Issue where activation via serial number failed on environments where HTTPS requests with TLS v1.0 are blocked
v18.2.27
19-10-2021
General
“License Information Window” and “Product Information Window” Links to Documentation page(s) have changed
Fixed
Issue that Assert Failure dialogues prevented the user from starting some of the products on environments where the product or the corresponding License Information Tool have never been started before
v18.2.26
01-09-2021
General
Improved performance when starting activated products
v18.1.24
21-04-2021
General
End User License Agreement (EULA) has changed
Fixed
Issue that licensing notifications from the License Information Tool did not stop to reappear
v18.1.22
15-01-2021
Fixed
Issue that license information for renewed licenses was only updated when the license expired
v18.1.21
02-12-2020
Fixed
Issue that the product version was not shown in About dialog
v18.1.20
06-11-2020
General
Upgraded to .NET Framework 4.5
v18.1.19
23-10-2020
General
Copyright notices have changed
v18.1.18
07-10-2020
Fixed
Product Information Window issue that product name was not fully displayed when name is too long
v18.1.17
29-04-2020
General
License Information Window shows Expiration Date instead of remaining days
End User License Agreement (EULA) has changed
Removed Splashscreen
Fixed
Issue that for Trial with Functional Restrictions 30 Days remaining was shown in License Information Window
Issue with wrong product name and icon displayed for notifications during License Activation
v18.0.10
05-11-2019
Fixed
Issue that product with activated Token license was running in Grace Period after not using it for several days
v18.0.9
24-10-2019
Fixed
Issue that activated products were running in Trial for some applications (e.g. AutoCad)
v18.0.8
19-08-2019
Fixed
Issue that in following situations a notification was shown indicating that “Tokens could not be retrieved!”:
Tokens were charged yesterday and after 24 hours (or more) product is started again
Tokens were charged before midnight and product is started again after midnight
v18.0.7
27-05-2019
Fixed
Issue that long server applications do not stop working when license expires during usage
Issue that wrong notification is shown when activated via Offline Activation
v18.0.6
21-05-2019
Features
Added support for the stand-alone licenses
Command line arguments for License.exe for automated activation
Fixed
Issue that product does not stop working when no Tokens are available and grace period is over
Issue when calling Splashscreen or AboutWindow from a WPF control
Issue when using a product on a machine with .NET 4.5 installed
v18.0.3
03-04-2019
Features
Added support for the Token license model
General
Removed support for Floating Licensing
Renamed “License” shortcut for Products to “[Product Name] License Information”
Renamed assembly coolOrange.Utils.Ui to coolOrange.Utils.Ui.v18.0 to avoid compatibility breaks