There are two ways to set your license with Melissa Objects: with an environment variable or with the SetLicenseString method. Continue reading below for more information.

To set the license string you need to set it as an environment variable on your operating system. This process will be different depending on your operating system:

Windows

1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Open System, then the Advanced tab.
3. Select Environment Variables, then select either System Variables or Variables for the user X.
4. Click New.
5. Enter MD_LICENSE in the Variable Name box.
6. Enter the license string in the Variable Value box, and then click OK.

Note that these settings only take effect on program start. You may have to restart the application to incorporate the changes.

Unix

Set the license string via the following command:

export MD_LICENSE=YOURLICENSEKEY123

If this setting is placed in the .profile, remember to restart the shell.