Checking license information in the CRYPTO-BOX

During support inquiries, customers ask us for an easy way to check information stored in the CRYPTO-BOX.

This can be useful, especially in cases where each customer has different licensing options in his CRYPTO-BOX.

The latest SmarxOS Protection Kit 5.80 offers the following possibilities for license check:

1. If you use the Smarx Application Framework (SxAF) for CRYPTO-BOX formatting, you can check the licensing information as follows:

• Start the SxAF and choose "CB Format" in the left menu bar
• Select the project which was used previously to format the CRYPTO-BOX
• Attach the CRYPTO-BOX and click the "Browse" button in the lower part of the window
• A new window opens, on the left side you will see the data objects of the selected project, and on the right side the current settings in the CRYPTO-BOX for the selected data object
• Double-click on the object to edit its settings in the CRYPTO-BOX

Please note, that the "Browse" function only works correctly for CRYPTO-BOX units which were programmed with the selected project before.

2. A universal approach to check the licensing information (which can also be used on your end-users side) is provided by our DoDemoApp sample:

• Start the Smarx Application Framework (SxAF) and create an "Implementation with API" project
• Choose the desired data objects you want to write on the CRYPTO-BOX or verify
• In the Partitions settings, click on the button  "Save DataObjects Map" and save the MAP file
• Go to the Protection Kit Control Center and click on the "Smarx API Demo" button - read the section starting with "NEW" for more details on DoDemoApp.exe
• Feel free to adapt the source code and the MAP file to your customer specific requirements or integrate it into your application.