Overview - SDK Licenses

All MathFlow SDK Components require a license. A component can either be licensed individually or as a part of a MathFlow SDK Developer License for all components. There are two options for licensing available, as follows:

1. The first, a license key, is simply a string of characters. A license key is intended to be used as an unrestricted OEM license. It is compiled into products meant for outside distribution.
2. The second, FlexNet Publisher, is intended for the internal use of the SDK components. A license file must be available for each machine that uses a given application, but it is much more convenient for a multi-user environment. See the FlexNet Overview for more information on using FlexNet.

We recommend that you use a license key for applets, but either type can be used for applications. In order to use any MathFlow editor, you must pass either a license key or FlexNet license file into the constructor of the editor component being used. For the MathFlow Composers, there is a SetLicense method. Refer to the javadoc for each component.

License key to Applet version of editors can also be provided without passing it in constructor so that non-java programs can run the Applet version without writing extra Java code. Due to security reasons the instructions on how this method works will be provided when you buy the License or contact Design Science Premium Support for more information on this.