Enabling HATS runtime and license settings

You can fully enable the runtimes for HATS Web projects, HATS rich client projects, and WebFacing projects. To fully enable the runtimes for production in accordance with your licensed proof of entitlement, you must specify your license settings using the License Settings wizard included in the HATS Toolkit.

Note:
You must run the License Settings wizard even for projects whose runtimes were fully enabled in previous versions of HATS.

To run the License Settings wizard, follow these steps:

  1. Start the HATS Toolkit.
  2. In the HATS perspective, from the menu bar select HATS > License Settings. In the WebFacing perspective, right-click anywhere in the WebFacing Projects view and select License Settings.
  3. On the Runtime Enablement File panel, if the location of the runtime enablement file is not already set from a previous use of the wizard, use the Browse button to browse for the location of the file.
    Notes:
    1. The runtime enablement file is provided to you on a CD (or image, if you downloaded HATS electronically) separate from the HATS Toolkit.
    2. If you downloaded HATS from the Passport Advantage® Web site, the runtime enablement file is located in the runtime enablement CD image.
    3. If you cannot locate your runtime enablement file, contact your IBM business partner or IBM sales representative, as appropriate. IBM technical service representatives cannot provide you the file. For more information see http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21316632.
    4. The name of the runtime enablement file used to fully enable HATS Web, HATS rich client, and WebFacing projects is runtimeenablement95-webrcp.jar. The wizard enables both the HATS and WebFacing runtimes in one step.
    5. You must use the file intended for use with your version of HATS. An error message will display if during this process you try to use a file for an older version of HATS.
  4. After setting the location of the runtime enablement file, click Next.
  5. On the License Options panel the types of projects are displayed with an indication whether they will be enabled or not enabled based on the selected runtime enablement file. Select the license option specified by your Proof of Entitlement. Options are Authorized User or Value Unit. If you specify Authorized User, you must also enter the number of licenses purchased.
  6. Select Apply to all new projects created in any workspace to fully enable the runtime for all new projects, depending on your type of license, created in any workspace.
  7. Select Apply to all existing projects in the current workspace to fully enable the runtime for all projects, depending on your type of license, that exist in the current workspace. If you have existing projects in other workspaces, you must run the License Settings wizard in each of those workspaces.
    Note:
    HATS checks the license settings of projects in a workspace on startup and prompts you to update the license settings if any of the projects don't match the master license settings. For information about how to disable checking the license settings at startup, see the HATS User's and Administrator's Guide.
  8. Click Finish.

Evaluating HATS

Regardless of where you obtain the HATS package (HATS CD, Web, or packaged with another product), you install the same version of the HATS Toolkit. This is a limited-use version that you can use to evaluate HATS. After installation, you must use the License Settings wizard in the HATS Toolkit to fully enable the HATS runtime for production in accordance with your licensed proof of entitlement.

Before purchasing runtime licenses, you can evaluate HATS with minimal restrictions. You can use the HATS Toolkit to develop applications and test them using the local test environments.

HATS Web applications that you develop before you fully enable the HATS runtime are restricted to just two runtime host connections. HATS rich client applications that you develop before fully enabling the HATS runtime allow unlimited host connections in the local test environment but no host connections in a deployed production environment.

After evaluating the HATS Toolkit, if you decide you want to purchase HATS licenses for runtime deployment, you can fully enable the runtime using the License Settings wizard without reinstalling the HATS Toolkit.