Excel brings AirLicense to Adobe Air apps
updated 06:15 pm EST, Tue March 1, 2011
Interfaces with the company's QuickLicense system
Applications built with Adobe's Air technology feature a controlled runtime environment that makes it difficult to communicate with external applications, making third-party licensing options tricky to implement. Excel Software says it has solved the problem with AirLicense, an SDK that includes Actionscript source code files that interface to the company's well-established QuickLicense runtime executable with the help of a few drop-in components. Developers can simply add QuickLicense functionality into an existing Air development project, and gain full access to local computer resources through a single Actionscript command.
AirLicense is designed to work with existing Air development tools, and since the QuickLicense interface is delivered as an Actionscript code file, it can be modified and adapted as needed. The Air application continues to use the standard Adobe Air installer, but now supports computer-specific manual or online activation, time- or execution-limited trials, software subscriptions and other sorts of licensing models.
AirLicense can be used in conjunction with QuickLicense 5.0.2 or higher, standard or pro editions. It includes royalty-free distribution rights for an unlimited number of apps and licenses. AirLicense itself costs $295 for a single user license, and is available for Windows (XP and higher) or Mac OS X (any version capable of running Adobe Air).
