Inlite Subscription Licensing

Inlite Subscription Licensing (ISL)

The Inlite Subscription license provides access to ClearImage barcode recognition and image processing engines for customer’s Windows applications operating under:

  • the Microsoft® Azure Web Apps Subscription (also named Azure App Service.)
  • Citix® XenDesktop and XenApps
  • Docker container
  • Azure Function

ISL features

  • Easy to deploy: No need for Administrator rights, no SDK installation, no Internet access.
  • Scalability: Deployment on multiple instances
  • Authorization: License is authorized using a custom signature, shared by all instances.
  • Delivery: License is delivered in an ILY license file. Each year’s subscription renewal delivers a new ILY file .
  • Price: The subscription price is based on customer requirements. Please contact support@inliteresearch.com to get a quote.

Evaluation Deployment

Use of ClearImage products is governed by terms of the latest Inlite Download User License Agreement (DULA), available at https://www.inliteresearch.com/dula/
By using the following procedure you AGREE to the terms of this agreement.

1 – Obtain evaluation license

  • Customer runs the following application, provided by Inlite, on at least 3 instances of the target environment.
       ILYutil -c info
    Email to support@inliteresearch.com the three output files ComputerName.ily.info , generated on each target system.
  • Inlite will provide the following components:
    • 30-day Evaluation ILY file, typically named NNNNNNN.yyyy-mm-dd.eval.ily Where:
      NNNNNNN - I a 7 digit unique Subscription ID
      yyyy-mm-dd – subscription expiration date
    • User code is string in the form name|code , where name identifies name of your company and code is 16 character HEX string, e.g. YourCompany|abcdef0123456789

2 – Install license

Place ILY file in any folder on the target system, readable by your application. Search locations ofr ILY Files:

  • Folder pointed by ILYPATH environmental variable.
  • C:\ProgramData\Inlite folder
  • D:\home\sites\wwwroot\bib\Inlite folder (On Azzure Web Apps)

3 – Verify license

Execute the following command. If your installation is correct, the output is the list of licensed modules with their subscription expiration days. 
   ILYutil -c verify -u "name|code")
Where name|code the User Code supplied by Inlite.

4 – Enable licensing in your code

Make the following call before ANY calls to ClearImage API: 
  Inlite.ClearImageNet.Server.SetVar("user", "name|code");
Where name|code is a User Code supplied by Inlite.

Production Deployment

1 – Purchase Inlite Subscription License

Inlite sales will provide a quote for subscription price based on anticipated peak usage of ClearImage functionality.

2 – Install Production License

Following the purchase of a license, Inlite will provide you with the Production ILY file, typically named NNNNNNN.yyyy-mm-dd.ily.
Place this file in the folder pointed by ILYPATH environmental variable

3 – Extend Inlite Subscription License

At any time before your subscription expires. you may extend the subscription by taking the following steps:
We recommend that you extend at least 2 month before expiration in order to ensure uninterrupted operation:

  • Request a quote for extension for one or more years.
    Confirm the details of your production deployment and inform Inlite Sales about any changes.
  • After the payment for extension, Inlite will provide the new Production ILY file.
  • Place this file in the ILYPATH folder of your staging or master instance.
  • Verify new expiration date using procedure above.

Development Process

It may be easier and faster to develop and debug your application on your local system rather than on a target instance with a remote debugger. However, the Inlite Subscription license does not operate outside of the target instance
To perform local development: