COM Activator Reference

SoftwareShield COM-Activator™ Component > COM-Activator™ Reference

## COM-Activator™ (SSCodeGenerator) Reference

This reference applies to the COM-Activator (SSCGen.dll).

Be sure you have read Linking To The COM-Activator From Your Application.

All function prototypes provided in this help file use the Microsoft Visual C++ types. Your particular environment / language may substitute its own type in some cases but the internal representation is the same and you should interpret them accordingly.

The COM-Activator has the following functions exposed in its interface:

Parsing Authorization Request Codes
CheckARCFormat
DecodeARC
Programmatically Generating Activation Codes...
from Authorization Request Codes | from FingerPrint Values
GenActCodeNumParam | GenActCodeNumParamFP
GenActCodeDateParam | GenActCodeDateParamFP
GenActCodeCompoParam | GenActCodeCompoParamFP
GenActCodeNoParam | GenActCodeNoParamFP

The COM-Activator exposes the following events and enumerations:

Enumerations
ACG_RETURN_CODES
ACG_PARAM_TYPE
ACG_AUTH_DEF_TYPE
FINGERPRINT_CONST

Note: The COM Activator only comes with the Enterprise, Internet and Server Editions of the SoftwareShield DRM Kit.