AspPDF.NET requires a registration key
even for evaluation purposes. A free 30-day evaluation key
is sent to the evaluator via email.
Request your key at the Download page.
Once a copy of the product is purchased, a permanent registration key is sent to the
customer.
Registration keys used by AspPDF.NET are 76-character strings
containing symbols from the Base64 character set. Each key has
the issue and expiration date information embedded into it securely.
A typical AspPDF.NET registration key looks as follows:
GYlbc3g5Th3Y30WwhEkqReuk03hT/1hsJtbZkwLx51ZpX7CCQz3vZ4kEqj0HzVgRE9NC3zNJ5kD9
Note: The AspPDF and AspPDF.NET keys are not compatible with each other.
Do not attempt to use your existing AspPDF key with AspPDF.NET, or vice versa.
Once a key is obtained, it should be placed in the appSettings section of your application's
.config file, as follows:
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="AspPDF_RegKey" value="GYlbc3g5Th3Y30WwhEkqReuk03hT/1hsJt...3zNJ5kD9"/>
</appSettings>
...
</configuration>
Alternatively, the registration key can be specified in your code via the RegKey
property of the top-level PdfManager object, as follows:
PdfManager objPDF = new PdfManager();
objPDF.RegKey = "GYlbc3g5Th3Y30WwhEkqReuk03hT/1hsJtbZkwLx51ZpX7CCQz3vZ4kEqj0HzVgRE9NC3zNJ5kD9";
...
The current expiration date of the key can be retrieved via the Expires
property, as follows:
PdfManager objPDF = new PdfManager();
Response.Write( objPDF.Expires );
If the Expires property returns 9/9/9999 it means a permanent registration key is being used.
This property throws an exception if the key cannot be found, or is invalid.
Under .NET Core on Windows and Linux, there are no .config files. Therefore, the only way to specify
the registration key is via the
.RegKey property of the PdfManager object:
objPDF.RegKey = "GYlbc3g5Th3Y30WwhEk........VgRE9NC3zNJ5kD9";
