Licensing

A Cadcorp licence locks the product to either a dongle or to specific characteristics (like MAC address or a combination of MAC/IP address) of the physical machine.

The licence stops working if the dongle is removed/replaced or machine characteristics change.

WebMap 9.1 requires a dedicated licence which includes two new features:

  • GeognoSIS|Webmap|EXP
  • GeognoSIS|Webmap

Location of the licence file

During installation, licences are automatically copied to the Licence Service Folders. A copy of the licence file (with a .lservrc file extension) is stored here: C:\Cadcorp\Services\Cadcorp.Licence.Service\LicenceFiles.

Licence service

WebMap includes a dedicated licence service you can use to handle licences, edit port numbers, switch to network licences and much more.

It is installed as a Windows Service that can be managed from the Services.msc console (Windows > Services).

To make any changes, open appsettings.json (C:\Cadcorp\Services\Cadcorp.Licence.Service).

To edit the port the service listens on (if for instance another installed application is already using the port), change the number here.

If using a network licence you need to update two fields:

  1. Change value to TRUE "UseNetworkLicence": true,
  2. Provide licence server addres(ses): "LicenceServerList": ["server 1", "server 2"],


TIP: Using a standalaone or network licence is usually determined during first installation of WebMap. However the licence service offers an additional way to quickly switch between two licence types.