## SoftwareShield Web-Activator

The SoftwareShield Web-Activator automates the process of generating Activation Codes for your customers.

The Web-Activator is a CGI application (CGIACodeGen.exe) which you deploy on a Windows web-server. The program functions as a CGI stand-alone web-server application that receives client request information on standard input and passes the results back on standard output. You can find the Web-Activator in your "\SoftwareShield\WebActivator\" directory.

If you do not want to host your own Web-Activator, you might wish to consider the SoftwareShield License Hosting service. See the SoftwareShield web-site for details.

The data (passed in URL parameters) is evaluated by the Activation Code Generator, which in turn creates appropriate response objects. Each request message is handled by a separate instance of the application. This allows you to deploy a single Activation Code Generator that can manage several licenses simultaneously from the same location.

This section covers:

1. Deploying the SoftwareShield Web-Activator. Relatively trivial and is exactly like deploying any other CGI application module on the web with a few minor considerations.

2. Web-Activator Communication can be configured to respond to your specific configuration needs. As well the response itself can be completely customized.

3. In order to communicate effectively with the Web-Activator, you must ensure that you are calling it with correctly formatted requests. This is explained in Web-Interface URL Format.

4. You should be aware of what the possible Return Values From The Web-Activator are.

Note: The SoftwareShield Web-Activator only comes with the Internet and Server Editions of the SoftwareShield System.