Activation
Unless activated, dbForge Unit Test works on a trial basis for 30 days. When this time period expires, dbForge Unit Test must be activated with the purchased activation key.
How to check how much time is left in a trial period?
To check for the expiry date of the trial version, go to the Unit Test menu at the top and select Help > About. The window appears, showing the number of days left in the trial period.
dbForge Unit Test can be activated either online or offline.
Online activation
This activation method requires an active Internet connection.
To activate dbForge Unit Test online
1. On the Help menu of the product, click Activate Product.
2. The Activation window opens. You should input the long activation key from your email that was sent to you after the purchase, but not the license number in the format: XXXX-XXX-XXX.
3. Click Activate.
Offline activation
Offline activation allows activating dbForge Unit Test right at the Devart website. This activation method helps to activate the product when the online activation fails.
To activate dbForge Unit Test offline
1. Click Manual Activation on the Activation window. It opens when online activation fails.
2. Copy the activation request text with Copy to Clipboard, or save it to a text file with Save to File.
3. Open the Manual Product Activation page of the Devart website, and paste the copied text in the text box. Click Download license. The license file with the .lic extension is downloaded to your computer.
4. Return to the Activation window of dbForge Unit Test and click Load license. Specify the location of the downloaded .lic file and click Open.
Activating using the command line
It is also possible to activate the product via the command-line interface.
To activate dbForge Unit Test via command line
1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where your product executable file is located.
2. Enter a command with the following syntax and specify your activation key:
unittest /activate /key:<activation_key>
