Knowledge base

Both the purchased and the free editions of MVC Extensions need a license key (a small sequence of alphanumeric characters) to work properly. Given so, each registered client will have access to a password-protected area within the Cobisi website, where she can easily obtain her license keys (if available). To have the component use its license key and work correctly, you should set the RuntimeLicenseKey static (Shared, in Visual Basic) property of the DeclarativeRouteRegistration class exactly to that value.

The following block of code, for example, sets the RuntimeLicenseKey property to a fake value:

C#

DeclarativeRouteRegistration.RuntimeLicenseKey = "my license key";

Visual Basic

DeclarativeRouteRegistration.RuntimeLicenseKey = "my license key"

Although nothing prevents you from saving your license key within your configuration file, this approach is highly discouraged as everyone who can access your files (such as a deployed web application) will have access to the component as a regular customer too. Embedding your runtime license key within your application’s executable will, at least, protect this information from non-technical prying eyes and will (slightly) increase the difficulty for crackers.

Finally, since the library is going to be used within ASP.NET websites and applications, we also suggest you to set the aforementioned property within the Application_Init() static method of your global.asax.