How to activate dbForge Edge

Last modified: June 12, 2025

After installing dbForge Edge, you need to activate the applications—even for the trial version. You only need to activate one Studio, and the remaining three Studios will be automatically activated. You can activate dbForge Edge in one of the following ways: directly within a Studio, offline using a license file, or via the command line.

Activate in a Studio

This activation happens online and requires an active internet connection.

Note

We’re using dbForge Studio for SQL Server as an example. You can activate any Studio; the activation steps are the same.

To activate dbForge Edge within a Studio:

1. Open the dbForge Studio.

The Product Activation dialog appears automatically.

2. Enter the activation key.

Tip

You can find the activation key in the email from Devart or in your Customer Portal.

Use the activation key (a long alphanumeric string), not the license ID (formatted as XXXX-XXXX-XXX).

3. Click Activate.

Activate offline

If online activation within a Studio fails (for example, if there’s no internet connection), you can activate dbForge Edge offline manually using a license file downloaded from the Devart website.

To activate the Studio offline:

1. After activation within a Studio fails, click manual activation in the Product Activation dialog.

2. Choose how to get the activation request text:

• Copy to Clipboard – Copies the request text.
• Save to File – Saves the request as a .txt file.

3. Go to the Manual Product Activation page, paste the request text into the form, then click Download License.

The .lic license file is downloaded.

4. In the Product Activation dialog in dbForge Studio, click Load License.

5. Select the .lic file, then click Open.

Activate via the command line

1. Open Command Prompt.

2. Navigate to the folder where the product executable file is located.

The default path is C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge Edge.

3. Run the following command, replacing <activation_key> with your actual key.

dbforgeedge.com /activate /key:<activation_key>