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If the login box is asking for an activation key, you are on the end-user login page. Click the "Log in as a software vendorlicense administrator" link at the bottom of the login box to switch to the vendor administration login page. 

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  1. From the main LAC page, click the Customers tab.
  2. Under Menu in the left sidebar, click Create Customer.
  3. Enter ABC Enterprises for Customer Name.
  4. Enter Corporate customer under Notes (optional).
  5. Click Save and close the dialog. You will now see ABC Enterprises listed in the Customers table.Open the ABC Enterprises customer for edit by clicking the Edit icon in the Action column for that customer Next. The Contacts tab opens.
  6. In the Contacts tab, select Create Contact. The Create New Contact dialog opens.
  7. Enter Joe Biggs for the Contact Name, and jbiggs@abcenterprises.com for Email.
  8. Click Save.

Enter a second customer named "XYZ Ltd" in the same manner as above. This will be our Small Business customer. The only required information for the customer is the customer name; all other information is optional.

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  1. From the LAC main page, click the Licenses tab.
  2. Under Menu in the left sidebar, click Create License Order.
  3. In the Add License Order dialog's General tab, select the following:
    1. ABC Enterprises from the Customer drop-down selection list.
    2. Flagship from the Product drop-down selection list.
    3. Corporate from the Product Template drop-down selection list.
  4. Click Next to accept your choices and open the Settings tab. The Settings tab presents you with the settings that are specified in the template you selected, in this case, the Corporate template.
  5. In order to be able to activate our license later without providing a host ID, change the HostID Type setting to "Not Locked."
  6. Click Save to accept the changes and return to the Licenses tab, where you will now see the order you created for ABC Enterprises added to the top of the License Orders table.
  7. To see the license you've created, click the Edit icon in the Action column for the ABC Enterprises license order, then click the Preview tab in the Edit License Order dialog. From here, you can also make any changes to the license order. For example, you could change the template that was used for the order, which will also let you review and edit the template settings.

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  1. Log into LAC by copying and pasting the activation key into the end user login screen at https://license.x-formation.com. (If you're at the vendor login screen, click the "Enter your activation key to get your license" link at the bottom of the login area to switch to the end user login screen.) This opens a Licenses page that list the license details, including the product name, version, license type, and other details. When a host ID is required, this page specifies the host ID type that is needed to activate the license. Since we changed the host ID type to "Not Locked," no host ID type is needed to activate the license.
  2. Click Activate
  3. After the license is activated, click Download to get the license. The license is downloaded as a .lic file, which the user can rename be renamed and place placed in an appropriate directory as required to run the licensed software. The license can be re-downloaded anytime, as long as the license is valid (not expired).

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