1) Install QVGuard

The first step is to ensure that you have QVGuard installed. If you have already installed QVGuard on your PC you should find an entry at:

Start -> All Programs -> QVGuard -> QVGuard Studio

If not then you can download QVGuard here - you should receive an installation program named 'QVGuard Studio Setup [VERSION].msi' which you should proceed to install on your Windows Operating system following the installation wizard.

Once the installer has run you should be able to find the above entry in your Start menu, clicking on which should launch a window similar to the following:

Notice at this point that the 'Vendor Info' field is showing that no licence has yet been installed. You should have a file with the '.lic' extension - you can now install this by clicking on the 'Install' button and browsing to this file.

If you have not purchased a commercial licence you can continue evaluating QVGuard Studio, however you will not be able to create secured licences and end users of your licensed QlikView applications will receive a 'nag screen'.

At this point you may wish to enter some details about you or your company as illustrated below. This information will be embedded into each licence file you create and can be extracted through variables in your QlikView application.

Notice that many of the field names have tool tips which show additional information about the field. You can access this by clicking on any field names which show a '?' cursor when you move the mouse pointer over them.

You are now ready to start using QVGuard Studio to license your apps!

Next Step: 2) Add Application >>