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    WebKitX ActiveX audits the following licenses:

    1. A Commercial License, validated at Run-Time.
    2. A Workstation License, implementing the 1x License per Developer and Build Server policy, validated at Design-Time.
    3. A Terminal License, a subscription-based license for Terminals and Embedded Devices, validated at Run-Time.

    Notes:

     

    License Audit Options

    You can choose between the following license audit mechanisms:

    1. Off-line license audit by hard-coding License Keys in your Application.
      Please see Activating with License Keys below for more information.
       
    2. Off-line license audit with a License File placed in ActiveX folder.
      Please see Activating with License File below for more information.

    * Please note, as of April 2020, on-line license audit is not offered any more.
     

    Pre-Licensing Requirements

    For Independed Software Vendors (ISVs) we offer License Plans for unlimited Workstations, Build Servers or Terminals activation. Please refer to our web site for more details. If however you need to activate individual Workstations, Build Servers or Terminals, either by License Key or License File, you must first provide us with certain hashes:

       

    Activating with License File

    WebKitX ActiveX implements OLE Control licensing as described here:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/mfc/mfc-activex-controls-licensing-an-activex-control?view=vs-2019

    You can request your License File by email at info@mobilefx.com. Once you receive your file you must copy it in the same folder with the .ocx file.
    * Please note, for quantified licensing you must provide the necessary hashes as described in "Pre-Licensing Requirements".
     

     There are some very important requirements for this method to work:

    1. Your IDE's OLE Container must support this feature.
       
    2. If you develop Windows Desktop Applications, you MUST NOT DISTRIBUTE the .LIC file along with your applications.
       
    3. If you develop Terminal Applications you MUST DISTRIBUTE the .LIC file along with your applications.

      

    Activating with License Keys (Legacy)

    Alternatively, you can request your License Keys by email at info@mobilefx.com. Once you receive your keys you must hard-code them in your application, as illustrated below.
    * Please note, for quantified licensing you must provide the necessary hashes as described in "Pre-Licensing Requirements".

     

    Perpetual Terminal Licensing

    Terminal Licensing is required if-and-only-if your applications run on VMs, Remote Terminal or Embedded OSes and NOT for Windows Desktop Applications. Independent Software Vendors (ISV) that produce terminal software and sell it over the Internet or off-the-shelf and Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV) that produce terminal software bundled with hardware, can inquire to generate Perpetual Terminal Applications with Professional Licensing or Enterprise Licensing plans.

    Perpetual Terminal Applications audit terminal licensing at compile-time and the generated applications do not expire, run for ever, run on every terminal, and will keep running even beyond the expiration date of the terminal license used to compile them. Should you need to compile a newer version of your software after your plan has expired, you need to re-new your Professional or Enterprise subscription.

      

     

     

    Distributing the ActiveX along with your Application

    mobileFX provides WebKitX setup package for developers bundled with samples, documentation and WebKitX license agreement for developers. This is a rather large setup package and it is not intended for end-users or re-distribution and does not support silent install. You are strongly advised to distribute WebKitX to end-users as part of your application's installation script as per your license agreement. Creating a setup script to install WebKitX on an end-user computer is straight-forward following the instructions below:
    1. For x86 your script must copy the files of the C:\Program Files (x86)\WebKitX CEF3 ActiveX\bin folder to the other computer. The destination folder is irrelevant and can be anywhere you choose.

    2. For x64 your script must copy the files of the C:\Program Files\WebKitX CEF3 ActiveX\bin folder to the other computer. The destination folder is irrelevant and can be anywhere you choose.

    3. For x86 your script must run Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package (x86) for the Windows OS and Service Pack bundle of the other computer. For detailed information please see the WebKitX Runtime Dependencies paragraph above.

    4. For x64 your script must run Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package (x64) for the Windows OS and Service Pack bundle of the other computer. For detailed information please see the WebKitX Runtime Dependencies paragraph above.

    5. Your script must register WebKitX ActiveX into the Windows Registry using this command: regsvr32 /s WebKitXCEF3.ocx

    6. If your product does not use Chrome DevTools, you may skip devtools_resources.pak to decrease size.

    7. If you are not using the digitally-signed versions of the .OCX and .EXE files, you can remove the bin\signed folder.

    8. If you are using the digitally-signed versions of the .OCX and .EXE files, you need to move them from bin\signed to bin folder. Please note that certificate validation of the code-signed .OCX and .EXE files requires internet access and updated Root Certificates. Please consult your IT department and security officers before contacting info@mobilefx.com for security related inquiries.

    9. If your product uses Flash Player you should add Pepper Flash Player.

       

    Sample Windows Shell Script for installing WebKitX 32-bit

    Please create a folder and copy inside it the .\bin folder of WebKitX.

    Download Visual C++ Redistributables for 32-bit from here.

    Download sample setup script from here or copy-paste the following code in INSTALL.bat file.

    By default the script will install WebKitX on C:\WebKitX\bin. Edit INSTALL.bat to change the destination folder. The preparation folder should look like this:

     The installation script should be like this:

     

     

    ActiveX Runtime Dependencies

    WebKitX requires Microsoft C++ Runtime. During installation WebKitX setup will automatically install Microsoft C++ Redistributable Package for the following list of Windows Operating Systems:

    Despite those links below, you must always look for the latest versions of the Runtime files as the links might be outdated:

    You can find the latest supported Visual C++ downloads by Microsoft here:
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

    You can find .NET Redistributables (for C# samples) here:
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/9/4/F942F07D-F26F-4F30-B4E3-EBD54FABA377/NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe

    You can find Visual Basic 6.0 Redistributables (for VB Samples) here:
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290887