Getting started with MCL-Designer V4 > How to Start MCL-Designer V4

Overview

MCL-Designer V4's Trial Mode was created to allow you to test and evaluate its capabilities in terms of application development. It uses a free trial license that lasts for 30 days. The Trial Mode provides access to all the features included in MCL-Designer V4, meaning, you can develop a project and simulate it.

However, you cannot publish the project (turning it into an application), load the project into a device or export the project into another licensed MCL-Designer V4. All your projects can only work/be accessed within that MCL-Designer V4 Trial Mode environment. The only way to remove these restrictions is to activate an MCL-Designer V4 license (perpetual or subscription) in the same PC where the trial mode was installed.

If you create a project in a PC with MCL-Designer V4 on trial mode and, then you activate an MCL-Designer V4 license (perpetual license or subscription) in that same PC, the trial mode restrictions will be removed.

You will be able to manage/use the previously developed project as if it were created in a fully licensed MCL-Designer V4.

To Access MCL-Designer V4 on Trial Mode

Step-by-step

1. Click the MCL-Designer V4 desktop icon to launch the application.

2. Check the "I want to try MCL-Designer V4 free for 30 days" option.

3. Click .

If you want to cancel the Trial Mode activation, click .

4. Fill in the available fields to request a trial license. The fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

If, at any point within this wizard, you want to return to the previous window, click . If you intend to abort the Trial Mode activation, click .

Personal Info
Salutation	Select the appropriate salutation for future contacts ("Mr, Ms,Mrs") from the drop-down list.
First Name *	Enter your first name
Last Name *	Enter your last name.
Job Title	Enter your job title.
Email *	Enter your email for future contacts.
Phone	Enter a telephone number.
Company Info
Company *	Enter the name of the company.
Address	Enter the company's address.
Zip Code/City	Enter the zip code/city of the company's location.
State	If applicable, identify the state where the company is based.
Country *	Select the country where the company is based from the drop-down list.
Website	Enter your company's website.

5. Click .

6. If you want to receive our newsletter, check the "Sign me up for the MCL Newsletter" option (located on the window's bottom left).

7. Read the license terms and, then, click (the button only becomes active after you have scrolled down the document).

8. Click to conclude the Trial Mode activation and open MCL-Designer V4's work area.

You are now ready to develop a project and test the available features.

Many of the options within the work area (ex: the "Control" and "Process" tabs, the alignment buttons, the editing buttons, etc.) will only become active/visible when you create a project. See Creating a New Project.

To Start a Session with MCL-Designer V4 on Trial Mode

After you have activated the trial license, you can try out MCL-Designer V4 for 30 days.

When you reopen the application, the initial window provides the following information and options:

•The days remaining til the trial license expires (countdown on the window's upper right corner).

•The current MCL-Designer V4 version.

•The option to activate MCL-Designer V4 through an MCL license or subscription (default option).

a. Check the option "I want to Activate this product".

b. Click .

c. In the "MCL-Designer Activation" wizard, check the most appropriate option and follow the step-by-step as described in the corresponding topic/subtopic:

For an "Online License Activation", see To Activate an MCL-Designer V4 License (License Type).

For an "Offline License Activation", see Offline MCL-Designer V4 License.

For a "Subscription Activation", see MCL-Designer Activation (Subscription).

•The choice to continue with the trial period.

a. Check the option "I want to continue using the Trial."

b. Click to open the work area of the application on Trial Mode .

To quit MCL-Designer V4, click .

Expired "Trial Mode"

Once the 30 day trial period is over, upon starting MCL-Designer V4, the initial window provides other options:

•The option to activate MCL-Designer V4 through an MCL license or subscription (default option).

a. Check the option "I want to activate this product".

b. Click .

c. In the "MCL-Designer Activation" wizard, check the most appropriate option and follow the step-by-step as described in the corresponding topic/subtopic:

For an "Online License Activation", see To Activate an MCL-Designer V4 License (License Type).

For an "Offline License Activation", see Offline MCL-Designer V4 License.

For a "Subscription Activation", see MCL-Designer Activation (Subscription).

To quit MCL-Designer V4, click or whenever available.

If you intend to activate a license (online or offline), make sure that the license is registered in your MCL-License Manager account.

For more information on MCL-License Manager, see MCL-Designer Activation (License).

•The option to purchase the MCL-Designer V4 product.

a. Check the option "I want to purchase MCL-Designer V4".

b. Click to be redirected to the MCL Technologies webpages.

"Trial Mode" Restrictions

This trial mode makes all application development tools/options available but only within the MCL-Designer V4's trial environment. Meaning, you can create projects and use the simulator to see how they will behave in a device but you cannot publish any projects, load them to a device or export them to a licensed MCL-Designer V4.

Whenever you attempt to use the options/icons to publish, load or export/import a project, the following window opens:

Click to close the window.

If, in the meantime, you activate a full MCL-Designer V4 license (perpetual or subscription) in the PC where the MCL-Designer V4 trial mode is installed, the trial mode restrictions will be removed. You will be able to publish, export or load previously developed projects into a device as if they had been developed within a fully licensed MCL-Designer V4.

Trial Mode "About MCL-Designer" window

The "About MCL-Designer" window can be used to view information (remaining days, MCL-Designer V4 version) and continue with the "trial mode" or to activate an MCL-Designer V4 license or subscription.

Step-by-step

1. In the "?" menu (located in the "Menu Bar"), click the "About MCL-Designer" option.

2. If you want to activate the license or subscription for this MCL product, check the "I want to Activate this product" option.

If you want to proceed with MCL-Designer V4 on "trial mode", check the "I want to continue using the Trial" option.

If you click , it closes MCL-Designer V4.

3. Click . This opens an "MCL-Designer Activation" wizard.

4. Check the most appropriate option and follow the step-by-step as described in the corresponding topic/subtopic:

For an "Online License Activation", see To Activate an MCL-Designer V4 License (License Type).

For an "Offline License Activation", see Offline MCL-Designer V4 License.

For a "Subscription Activation", see MCL-Designer Activation (Subscription).