How To License Chartsmith

When Chartsmith is first launched, a panel will be displayed providing the option to run the application in demo mode, license the application or quit.

Demo Mode
If Chartsmith is run in demo mode, printing charts, saving charts as image files, dragging out chart images, and copying charts will be disabled. All other functions will operate normally. If you desire to use these functions before purchasing Chartsmith, contact Blacksmith (www.blacksmith.com) for an expiring license.

Steps to Licensing Chartsmith
If you choose to license Chartsmith, the license panel is displayed, and the following steps indicate how to use this panel to license Chartsmith.
1. Type the license key that you obtained into the License Key field
2. Type your name into the Name field.
3. Click the License Type you want: Individual, Computer or Network (See below for an explanation of each)
4. Click 'Add License'.

Once completed, the license key will be stored and the license will be listed in the 'Licenses Located' table. If there are other licenses found on your computer or network, those too will be listed in this table. Should you wish to unlicense the application, or change the license type, then click the license in the 'Licenses Located' table, and click 'Remove License'. Once this license has been removed, the application can then be re-licensed with the same license key, if so desired.

License Types
Individual
The Individual license is intended to be used by just one person, regardless if that person's computer is stand-alone or on a large network. By chosing this type of license, no one but the person logged in when the application is licensed can run Chartsmith. This license is stored in the user's home directory.
Computer
The Computer license is intended to be shared among some number of people that share the same computer. By chosing this type of license, only users who use the computer on which Chartsmith is being run when it is licensed will be able to access this license and run Chartsmith. This scenario is for a group of people who share a single computer. This license is stored in the root level Library folder (found on the Macintosh HD volume in the Finder), so it is accessible to all users of that computer.
Network
The Network license is intended to be shared among some number of people that share a Macintosh (LAN) network. You would only use this license type if you purchase a license for more than one user. This type of license should be used by groups of people who have purchased a multi-user license and will access the license from across the network. The license key is stored in the root level Network/Library folder and thus is accessible to anyone on the network.


When more than one license is accessible to a user, the order that the licenses are put in use will be: Individual licenses first, then Computer licenses then Network licenses. An example of when this is important is when a person, who is connected to a network where a multi-user Chartsmith license resides, purchases his own personal copy of Chartsmith and licenses it using an individual license type. When he runs Chartsmith, his individual license will be used, not the network license for mutliple users.