Retrieve License Key Information (QLZARTVK) API

Required Parameter Group:


1
Receiver variable
Output
Char(*)
2
Length of receiver variable
Input
Binary(4)
3
Format name of receiver variable
Input
Char(8)
4
Product identification
Input
Char(*)
5
Product identification format name
Input
Char(8)
6
System
Input
Char(*)
7
System format name
Input
Char(8)
8
Error code
I/O
Char(*)


Threadsafe: No

The Retrieve License Key Information (QLZARTVK) API retrieves the license key information for the specified systems from the license repository. The information retrieved is about the specified product, license terms, and features. The license repository is used to store license key information. It contains a record for each license key for every unique product, license term, feature, and system. The repository may contain licenses for any system, and the product does not need to be installed.

Authorities and Locks

API QLZARTVK Authority
*PUBLIC(*EXCLUDE)

Required Parameter Group

Receiver variable
OUTPUT; CHAR(*)

The receiver variable that receives the information requested. You can specify the size of the area to be smaller than the format requested as long as you specify the length parameter correctly. As a result, the API returns only the data that the area can hold.

Length of receiver variable
INPUT; BINARY(4)

The length of the receiver variable provided. The length of receiver variable parameter may be specified up to the size of the receiver variable specified in the user program. If the length of receiver variable parameter specified is larger than the allocated size of the receiver variable specified in the user program, the results are not predictable. The minimum length is 8 bytes.

Format name for receiver variable
INPUT; CHAR(8)

The name of the format that identifies the type of license information to be retrieved. The only format name supported is:

LICV0100
Basic license information is retrieved. For more information, see LICV0100 Format.

Product identification
INPUT; CHAR(*)

Information that uniquely identifies the product or feature whose license information is to be retrieved. The structure of this information is determined by the name of the format.

Product identification format name
INPUT; CHAR(8)

The name of the format that describes the product identification. The only format name supported is:

LICT0100
See LICT0100 Format.

System
INPUT; CHAR(*)

This indicates the system serial number for which licenses will be retrieved. The structure of this information is determined by the name of the format.

System format name
INPUT; CHAR(8)

The name of the format containing the systems. The only format name supported is:

LICS0100
The systems used as input to the API. For details, see the LICS0100 Format.

Error code
I/O; CHAR(*)

The structure in which to return error information. For the format of the structure, see Error Code Parameter.

LICV0100 Format

The following table describes the format of the license key information returned in the receiver variable parameter. For a detailed description of the fields in this table, see Field Descriptions.
Offset Type Field
Dec Hex
0 0 BINARY(4) Bytes returned
4 4 BINARY(4) Bytes available
8 8 BINARY(4) Offset to license key records
12 C BINARY(4) Number of license key records in list
16 10 BINARY(4) Length of license key record
20 14 CHAR(*) Reserved
Note: The offsets of the following fields vary. These fields repeat, in the order listed, for each specified product, license term, feature, and system.


CHAR(7) Product identifier


CHAR(6) License term


CHAR(4) Feature


CHAR(8) System serial number


CHAR(4) Processor group


CHAR(3) Reserved


BINARY(4) Usage limit


CHAR(7) Expiration date


CHAR(8) Vendor data


CHAR(18) License key


CHAR(15) Reserved


CHAR(*) Reserved

LICT0100 Format

The following information uniquely describes the product or feature whose license information is to be added. For a detailed description of the fields in this table, see Field Descriptions.
Offset Type Field
Dec Hex
0 0 CHAR(7) Product identifier
7 7 CHAR(6) License term
13 D CHAR(4) Feature

LICS0100 Format

The following information describes the systems for which the license information is to be retrieved. For a detailed description of the field, see Field Descriptions.
Offset Type Field
Dec Hex
0 0 CHAR(8) System serial number

Field Descriptions

Bytes available. The number of bytes of data available to be returned. All available data is returned if enough space is provided.

Bytes returned. The number of bytes of data returned.

Expiration date. The date the license will expire. The valid values are:

CYYMMDD
C is the century, YY is the year, MM is the month, and DD is the day. The date must be numeric as follows:

9999999
The license does not have an expiration date.

Feature. The feature of the product. Valid values for the feature are 5001 through 9999. For the input parameter the valid special value is:

*ALL
The license key information for all the features will be retrieved.

Length of license key record. The length of each license key record.

License key. The license key for the product, license term, feature, and system.

License term. The license term of the product. Possible values are:

Vx
The authorized usage limit is valid only for the entire version of the product or feature.

VxRy
The authorized usage limit is valid only for the entire release of the product or feature.

VxRyMz
The authorized usage limit is valid only for the modification level of the product.

Where the x and y can be a number from 0 through 9. Z can be a number 0 through 9 or a letter A through Z. For the input parameter the valid special value is:

*ALL
The license key information for all license terms will be retrieved.

Number of license key records. The number of license key records in the list.

Offset to license key records. The offset from the beginning of the receiver variable to the first license key record.

Processor group. The processor group for which this license is for. This field is left justified. The valid values are:

*ANY
The license key is valid for any processor group.

Product identifier. The product identifier of the product or feature. For the input parameter the valid special value is:

*ALL
The license key information for all the product identifiers will be retrieved.

Reserved. Reserved for future use. If this field is input, character fields must be set to blanks and binary fields must be set to hexadecimal zeros.

System serial number. The system serial number. For the input parameter, the valid special values are:

*ALL
License key information for all systems will be retrieved.

*LOCAL
License key information for only this local system will be retrieved.

*REMOTE
License key information for all systems except this local system will be retrieved.

The special values are left justified. A value other than a special value must be right justified.

Usage limit. The usage limit for this license.

-1
There is no maximum number of license users for this product.

0-999999
The maximum number of license users for this product.

Vendor data. The data for this field comes from the software provider along with the license key information.

Error Messages

CPF24B4 E
Severe error while addressing parameter list.
CPF3CF1 E
Error code parameter not valid.
CPF3C21 E
Format name &1 is not valid.
CPF3C90 E
Literal value cannot be changed.
CPF9E15 E
Error in license management function.
CPF9E54 E
License term &1 not valid.
CPF9E58 E
License key information not found.
CPF9E6D E
Feature &3 not valid.
CPF9822 E
Not authorized to file &1 in library &2.
CPF9826 E
Cannot allocate file &2.
CPF9872 E
Program or service program &1 in library &2 ended. Reason code &3.


Top | Software Product APIs
Software Product API list | APIs by category

[Information Center Home Page | Feedback ] [Legal | AS/400 Glossary]