License Handling | Windows Barcode Scanner
License Key
In order to run the Scanbot SDK within your production app, you must purchase and use a valid Scanbot SDK license.
Each license key is valid only for a given app bundle identifier. You will be unable to use any of the SDK features if the license key is corrupted, expired, or invalid in any other way.
Trial License
Unlike our other SDKs, the Windows SDK does not offer a trial mode of one minute. A trial license key is required for evaluation or testing. To get a free "no-strings-attached" trial license, please submit the Trial License Form on our website.
Please kindly note that a trial license can only be used in a development and staging environment. You are not allowed to publish your app to the Microsoft Store or any 3rd party app store with a trial license.
Package Name
The Scanbot SDK license key is bound to the Package Name of a UWP app which can be found in Packaging settings:
Open the Package.appxmanifest
file of your UWP project and see the Package name
field in the Packaging
tab.
Alternatively, go to the Properties
of your project ➜ Application
➜ Package Manifest...
➜ open the Packaging
tab ➜ Package name
.
Purchase a Production License
To get pricing information and purchase a production license for the Scanbot SDK please request a quote.
License Checks in Production Apps
If your Scanbot SDK license key has expired, calls to the SDK API will return empty results.
To prevent this you should always check for license expiration during the runtime via
Scanbot.LicenseManager.Details.IsValid
.
If this boolean property returns false
, you should disable any usage of the Scanbot Barcode Scanner SDK
(functions, UI components, etc.).
You can get more details about the license via Scanbot.LicenseManager.Details.Status
and Scanbot.LicenseManager.Details.Description
.
We highly recommend implementing a suitable handling of this case in your app!
Example code for checking the license status:
var license = Scanbot.LicenseManager.Details;
if (license.IsValid)
{
// OK, your license is valid.
// Making your call into ScanbotSDK API is now safe.
// E.g. start the barcode scanner UI.
}
else
{
// The license is invalid! Don't call any Scanbot SDK features!
// Implement suitable error handling.
// Also, see the values of "license.Status" and "license.Description".
}
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