Reactor Implementation Guide
When you first open your downloaded Reactor file, you will see 'Install a Lite registration'. Click that and you will get a free Lite license. You can distribute the plugin to your clients, and have them install a Lite license also. All this button does is is run a plugin function named 'RegisterReactor( "Lite" )'. You can do the same in your startup script... you will only need to install the license once on each machine - then it will be there forever (or until you remove it). The function will do nothing if there is already a Lite registration installed, so its safe to leave that step in your scripts, as it won't bother the user again.
You require an active internet connection to register the Lite version of Reactor.
Reactor Lite runs in 'Standard' (the paid version) mode for the first 30 minutes (which allows you to continue evaluating the extended BlackBoxes like the Calendar Pack, and the Gantt Chart Pro). After 30 minutes, it will revert to Lite mode, which doesn't allow you to use the extended BlackBoxes. You'll notice at this point that the Calendar Pack and Gantt Chart Pro (among others) will no longer function, but the Lite BlackBox functions will still work. Quitting and re-opening FileMaker will allow you to restart the full trial mode for another 30 minutes.
Once you have registered, you should use the ReactorRegister( ) function in your Startup script.
ReactorRegister( licenseName {; licenseCode ; solutionName } )
For deployment seats and product licenses, the registration is valid only as long as FileMaker is still running - so, it needs to be issued each time you open the database.
Development and Dev Advanced codes behave differently: they write a file to disk so that any time you open FileMaker within that user account, Reactor will be registered in Dev mode (which enables debug features).
That way you don't need to code your Dev license into a solution that you'll be deploying. Reactor will accept and return a successful result for the deployment registration but operates in dev mode if given a dev key.
ReactorRegister( "YourCompany" ; "000-XXX" ; "ClientCompany" )
ReactorRegister( "YourCompany" ; "000-XXX" ; "MyProduct" )
Comments
SICOA (unauthenticated)
Nov 11, 2011
How do you register the dev license so you can use the BlackBoxBuilder file? It quits on startup.
Sam Sehnert
Nov 15, 2011
@SICOA, You need to use ReactorRegister with your Dev license code (just once, Reactor will remember your license on that machine). You can do this either in a dummy database by creating a script, or you can run it in the data viewer. Once you've done this, you should be able to open the BlackBoxBuilder.
Email us at reactor@fusionplugins.com if you're still having difficulty.