This section higlights some of the major changes. For a complete list view the DeployLX Change Log online.
| Feature | See |
|---|---|
| New in version 5.0 | |
| Support .NET 4.0 | |
| New in version 4.1 | |
| Support .NET 4.0 | System Requirements |
| New in version 4.0 | |
| Support Windows 7 | System Requirements |
| Network License limit that makes it easier to manage and enforce license usage on a network. Includes Check-in, Check-out, centralized configuration and more. | |
| Type and Feature limits to control named or typed features and enable or disable their use with a serial number. | Type and Feature limits |
| Added State limit to support alternate limit rules based on parent limit state. | State Limit |
| Added Reset limit to enable license state for other limits to be reset. | Reset Limit |
| New in version 3.1 | |
| Administrator Authorization while can be granted directly while executing the licensed application rather than restarting. Uses Vista elevation prompts as needed. | |
| Additional Translations. Additional machine translated resources templates for German, Italian, Spanish and French cultures. | Redistributable folder in installation folder. |
| New in version 3.x | |
| Easy and Advanced License editors make it easy to design licenses and add protection to your software. The Easy License Editor includes basic options that can be used without any previous experience with licensing systems while the Advanced License Editor gives you complete control of the vast licensing tools available to you. | |
| Common license scenarios are described and documented to get you up to speed quickly. | Common Scenarios |
| Unified User Interface adds a common experience for the user throughout the entire licensing process and makes it easy to modify existing or create your own forms. | |
| Advanced Hardware Locking with better machine difference analysis, cumulative/rolling changes and deactivation/machine Transfer. | Hardware Locking and the Activation Process |
| Network floating license support to support site or enterprise licenses. | (Deprecated in 4.0) |
| New limits including the Time, Use, Floating, OS, Script, Time Server and Upgrade limits. | All 24 Limits |
| Asynchronous validation of time consuming limits to improve overall performance. | Delayed Limits |
| Extendable limits like the Time and Use limits that can be renewed or extended remotely. | Extendable Limits |
| Software subscriptions can now be created without automatic renewal with the server or manually be entering extension codes. | License Extensions and Subscriptions |
| Better code generating system for serial numbers, activation codes and extensions. Secure codes are shorter and do not include often confused characters (1 and I) making it much easier for your customers to enter them correctly. | Serial Numbers, Activation Codes and Extensions |
| Custom code algorithms can be used to generate serial numbers, activation codes and extensions. | Custom License Codes |
| Consolidated Servers. The license and activation servers have been consolidated into a single service. | License Servers in DeployLX Licensing |
| Better integration with 3rd party resellers makes it even easier to sell your software through your distribution channels. | Integrating with E-Commerce |
The following features are no longer available in DeployLX Licensing. The list provides either a workaround or a reference to the new feature should be used instead.
All breaking changes can be tracked online in the bug tracking system.
| Feature | Solution |
|---|---|
| Obsolete in version 4.0 | |
| Will not enforce Classes property any longer. | Use new Feature Limit instead. Open license in DeployLX to automatically convert. |
| Floating limit has been deprecated and no longer included in the runtime. | Use the new Network Licensing tools instead. |
| Obsolete in version 3.1 | |
Change overloads for LicenseServer command methods to take a reference to a new SeverRequestContext class. The license server wizard must be re-run to generate a new compatible server. Changes will not affect client installs protected by DeployLX Licensing 3.0. Only the server must be updated. |
Re-run Server Wizard to generate update server. |
| Feature | See |
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| New in version 5.0 | |
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| New in version 4.0 | |
| Platform | |
| Support Windows 7 | System Requirements |
| Integrated into DeployLX. | User Interface |
| 64-bit support. | System Requirements |
| Encryption & Runtime Protection | |
Better encryption. |
Assembly Encryption |
| Speed improvement. | Speed and Performance |
| Improved Anti-Hacking features. | Runtime Protection |
| Resource encryption & compression | Resources |
| Better, faster string encryption. | String Encryption |
Obfuscation |
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| Improved obfuscation. | Obfuscation |
| Anti-Reflection breaks disassemblers even without encryption. | Runtime Protection |
| Inter-Assembly obfuscation supports private assemblies. | The Veiling Process |
| Better support for generics and anonymous methods. | |
| Better support for Settings, Resources and My* classes. | |
| Better serialization and remoting support. | |
| Obfuscation of satellite assemblies. | Resources |
| Use ObfuscationAttribute to control obfuscation directly in assembly. | ObfuscationAttribute |
| Re-sign with keys in the machine or user store. | Strong Names |
| Debugging & Diagnostics | |
| Embeddable diagnostic information for troubleshooting issues. | |
| Exception stack trace translation. | Translate Exception |
| Build | |
| MSBuild tasks and default targets. | MSBuild Reference |
| Multi-threaded veiling for build teams. |
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| Automatic processing satellite assemblies. | Resources |