How To Initialize The License In Your Application

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## How To Initialize The License In Your Application

Initializing the license in your application is a critical step in using the ClientProtector component in your application.

Initializing your license is essentially accomplished in two steps:

1. Declare and instantiate the ClientProtector component. Restrict the scope of the component to anywhere you might need it. This is covered in more detail in Linking To ClientProtector In Your Application.

2. Call the ClientProtector StartUp method.

The StartUp method accomplishes initializing the ClientProtector with the information from the license file.