Is there a way via the API to check for a valid license. I want to check for this before I attempt to create the NavisworksApplication() object.
If no license is available when trying to create the NavisworksApplication, then a dialog pops up. I would rather this dialog not appear, so before attempting any automation, I want to check for license availability first.
thanks,
I solved this by querying the Flexlm server and browsing the returned string for the license and available licenses.
E.g. Using the System.Diagnostics.Process with necessary arguments:
lmutil lmstat -a -f [feature] -c [port]@[servername]
Capturing the Process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() you can use regular expressions or similar to very fast find the necessary availability of the licenses.
Hope this gave some ideas...
BR,
Markus
Does anyone else consider this a serious ommision from the automation api? The whole point of it is so that we can perform tasks that don't require user interaction!! Checking for a license seems to be pretty integral in the process.
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