How do I perform an offline authorization with the Authorization Manager?

Make sure the latest plugin version is installed, available in the IK User Area > My Products.

Click here to access the User Area.

To authorize your IK products using the offline authorization process, please follow the below steps:


1. Save the authorization request file (Authorization Request.html) on the computer that is not connected to the Internet.

2. Copy the file to a computer that is connected to the Internet while keeping the Authorization Manager open on the first computer.

3. Double-click the 'Authorization Request.html' file on the computer that is connected to the Internet. It will open your web browser.

4. Follow the instructions on your browser. Insert all of your serial numbers that you want to authorize. The last step will ask you to save a second file (Authorization.xml) in the computer that is connected to the Internet.

5. Copy the 'Authorizations.xml' file to the computer that is not connected to the Internet.

6. Load the 'Authorization.xml' file in the Authorization Manager on the computer that is not connected to the Internet to authorize your software.


Expanded steps -


The first page will let you create the authorization request file (Authorization Request.html) on the computer that is not connected to the Internet. Click the SAVE AUTHORIZATION FILE button to create the 'Authorization Request.html' file that is necessary to bring the current computer details to the one that has an Internet connection. Choose carefully where to save the file (on your Desktop will be fine) because you will have to transfer it to the computer that is connected to the Internet in the next step.

Click on the NEXT button after saving the 'Authorization Request.html' file.

Take the 'Authorization Request.html' file you have just saved and copy it (with a USB drive, etc.) to a computer that is connected to the Internet. After you have transferred the file, double-click it and follow the instructions.

Don't close the Authorization Manager as you will have to return back to this page after having completed all the steps on the computer that is connected to the Internet.

After double-clicking the 'Authorization Request.html' file your browser will open.

Enter your User Name and Password, then click the LOGIN button.

The final page displayed on your browser will ask you to create the 'Authorization.xml' file. Click the DONE button to create the 'Authorization.xml' file.

IMPORTANT: To finish the authorization process, you must make sure that the software is installed on the computer that is not connected to the Internet. If you have not installed the product yet, please install it on the computer that is not connected to the Internet before loading the 'Authorization.xml' file into the Authorization Manager.

Now you can proceed to copy the 'Authorization.xml' file to the computer that is not connected to the Internet.

Return to the Authorization Manager page that you have left open on the computer that is not connected to the Internet and press the NEXT button.

Click the LOAD AUTHORIZATION FILE button to load the 'Authorization.xml' file you transferred from the computer that is connected to the Internet. Please note that the 'Authorization.xml' is different from the one you created by clicking the SAVE AUTHORIZATION FILE button (Authorization Request.html'. After loading the 'Authorization.xml', click on the NEXT button to proceed to the final page. In case the software is not installed, the Authorization Manager will display the "Not Installed products" message.

 
FAQ ID: 1045