com.esri.arcgis.system
Interface IESRILicenseInfo

All Superinterfaces:
Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
ESRILicenseInfo

public interface IESRILicenseInfo
extends Serializable

Provides access to members that check software licenses.

Remarks

The object models for ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo at ArcGIS 9.0 are identical. All classes, interfaces, methods, and properties are present in all products. This means that the same DLLs containing the same components with the same GUIDs are installed for all deployments; in other words, code written on one deployment will successfully compile on another. What will differ for the various deployments is the behavior of certain method calls.

As a developer you may need to know what license is currently checked out by the user, so that your code can be robust enough to work on all deploymets, or at least have the appropriate error checking.

To determine the level of license currently in use, use the ESRILicenseInfo coclass and the DefaultProduct property on its IESRILicenseInfo interface.

When To Use

Use the IESRILicenseInfo interface to determine the level of license currently in use--ArcGIS for Desktop Basic, ArcGIS for Desktop Standard, or ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.


Method Summary
 int getDefaultProduct()
          Indicates the product code that will be used on the current machine.
 boolean isLicensed(int productCode)
          Indicates if the specified product is licensed.
 

Method Detail

getDefaultProduct

int getDefaultProduct()
                      throws IOException,
                             AutomationException
Indicates the product code that will be used on the current machine.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:
A com.esri.arcgis.system.esriProductCode constant
Throws:
IOException - If there are interop problems.
AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

isLicensed

boolean isLicensed(int productCode)
                   throws IOException,
                          AutomationException
Indicates if the specified product is licensed.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:
productCode - A com.esri.arcgis.system.esriProductCode constant (in)
Returns:
The licensed
Throws:
IOException - If there are interop problems.
AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.