Deactivation

The deactivation process in XLS Padlock allows end-users to unregister their activated Excel workbook apps from their current device, enabling them to transfer their license to another device. This process is useful in scenarios like hardware changes, system upgrades, or when switching to a new computer.

In XLS Padlock, choose Deactivation and tick “Allow deactivation for this workbook application”:

In the Base Deactivation URL field, enter the URL to the “xlspadlock-onlineact” folder (see Base URL for activation) on your web server followed by /dodeactivation (do not put a final slash /).

For instance, if the URL to access your xlspadlock-onlineact folder on the server is http://activation.mydomain.com, the base URL to enter is: http://activation.mydomain.com/dodeactivation

That’s all. The process is automated.

When end users start the deactivation process, the following dialog is shown:

You have to modify the dodeactivation() function in the MainController.php file (near line 154) according to your needs. For instance, add the PHP code to remove the user’s system ID $systid from the user’s record in your database that was stored during activation.