Registering your HelpMaster Database

Registering your HelpMaster Database when your license has expired

The Database and Reports Wizard can be used to register HelpMaster if your current license has completely expired. This may also be done from within the HelpMaster Desktop from Help > Registration when renewing a license that hasn’t expired yet (See link below).

Use

  1. Copy your license file from the PRD license registration email to a location on your local disk or to a shared drive.

  2. Run the HelpMaster Database and Reports Wizard by clicking on Start Menu > All Programs > HelpMaster xx.xx > Database and Reports Wizard. The following screen will appear.
    Welcome Screen
    Click Next > to proceed

  3. This is the main menu.
    Tools Menu
    Select Database and reports tools and click Next > to proceed

  4. Select or enter the instance of SQL Server where your HelpMaster database is located and choose a logon method. Click the (local) button if using the local default instance on your HelpMaster server. Click Next > to proceed.
    Select SQL Server instance

  5. This is the tools menu.
    Reports Tools
    Select License Registration

  6. Browse to your license file on disk and click the Register Code button.
    Register HelpMaster

See also

Registering HelpMaster via the Desktop Edition