How to register your SDLX™
Translation Suite
Flexible Software licence
About the flexible software licence
The SDLX Flexible Software Licence is a unique 12 character code which is installed on the
PC where you want to use SDLX. You must purchase a licence and then register the licence
before you can use the SDLX application.
You can register the licence via the internet or by email. Email registration is generally used
where you are working for a company that has a firewall that prevents you from using the
internet for this purpose.
If at any time you need to use SDLX on another machine you can de-register the licence and
then register it again on the other machine. You can register and de-register the licence as
often as you wish on any PC. This is because the licence is personal to you, not the
computer.
Dongle SDLX version
If you cannot register via the internet or via email you will have to purchase a dongle version
of SDLX.
IMPORTANT
NOTE
Always de-register your copy of any SDL Desktop Product before you
reinstall Windows or uninstall an SDL Desktop Product or change your
hard disk.
How to check the current status of your licence
To check the current status of your Flexible Software Licence, log on to this website:
https://secure.sdlintl.com/licences
How to Display the SDLX Switchboard
Select Start, Programs, SDLX, SDLX. The SDLX application is launched and the
switchboard is displayed.
The SDLX Switchboard
If the switchboard does not appear, click the gold coloured globe icon on the Task Bar.
Double click the golden globe that
appears in the Task Bar (at the
bottom of the screen).
How to check if you are able to register via the internet.
1. Display the SDLX Switchboard.
2. Select Help, Test Internet Registration from the menu bar.
How to Register SDLX Translation Suite via the internet
1
Open your Internet Browser and connect to the Internet.
2
Display the SDLX Switchboard and select Tools, Registration from the
menu bar. The Registration dialog box is displayed
Select this option
If you have not yet purchased a
Flexible Software Licence,
select this option, click Next
and follow the on-screen
instructions.
3
Select the "Register Using a Flexible Software Licence via the web" option.
Click Next: The second Registration Wizard screen is displayed:
If
then
you have a single licence
•
Select "Register using a user name
and password".
•
Click Next.
•
•
•
Enter your user name and password.
Select "Register using a licence
number".
Click Next.
•
Enter your licence number.
you have more than one licence
4
Click Next, your licence will now be verified. When the check is complete you
will be able to use SDLX on the computer that you are registering from.
How to de-register SDLX Translation Suite using the internet
1. Open your Internet Browser and connect to the Internet.
2. Display the SDLX Switchboard and select Tools, Registration.
3. Select "De-register the Flexible Software Licence via the web".
4. Click Next.
You can now register SDLX on another PC.
How to register SDLX via email
Registration via email is a two part process:
Part 1
Part 2
You send SDL an email containing your licence number and a registration
request (RRQ) file to [email protected]. The RRQ file contains details
of the PC where you are registering the licence. On receiving the email the
customer services team updates the SDLX licence database with your
licence and PC details. They will then send you a Registration Key (RKY)
file.
You import the registration key (RKY) file to your PC. This registers your
software.
Part 1
1. Display the SDLX Switchboard.
2. Select Tools, Registration from the menu bar. The Registration dialog box is
displayed.
Select this option
3. Select Register using a Flexible Software Licence via e-mail.
4. Click Next. You will be asked if you want to send the file now.
5. Click Yes. You will now be asked if you want to send the file to SDL Product Sales.
6. Click Yes. An e-mail is now generated. The email contains the name and location of
the RRQ file. For example C:\PROGRAM FILES\SDLX\robertg.rrq
7. Attach this file to the email.
8. Add your licence number to the email and then send the mail to SDL Product Sales.
Part 2
When you receive the email containing the RKY file it will also contain these instructions.
They tell you how to use the RKY file to register your software.
1. Open the email and save the attached RKY file to your hard disk.
2. Display the SDLX Switchboard.
3. Select Tools, Registration from the menu bar. The Registration dialog box is
displayed.
4. Select the Import a registration key option.
5. Click Next.
6. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the location where you placed the RKY file.
7. Select the file and click Open. Your software will now be registered.
How to de-register via e-mail
This is a similar process to registering by email but this time you send a de-registration
request (DRQ file).
1. Display the SDLX Switchboard.
2. Select Tools, Registration from the menu bar. The Registration dialog box is
displayed.
3. Select De-register Flexible Software Licence via e-mail and click Next. SDLX is
de-registered and you are asked if you want to send the DRQ file now.
Note: It is important to send the DRQ file immediately as you will not be able to
register SDLX on another machine until you have done so.
4. Click Yes. You will now be asked if you want to send the file to SDL Product Sales.
5. Click Yes. An e-mail is now generated. It contains the name and location of the
DRQ file. For example: C:\ PROGRAM FILES\SDLX\robertg.drq
6. Attach the DRQ file to the email and send the email.
On receipt of the email the SDLX licence database is updated with your licence
deregistration details.