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RickSchoen10-Marble
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December 17, 2015
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Are there minimum values for flexnet options?

  • December 17, 2015
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I'm adding an options file for our flexnet license server. In the options file I want to specify a TIMEOUT option for our print composer license. The line I added is "TIMEOUT 284 300." 284 is the print composer module and 300 is the number of seconds after which the license is reclaimed. When I restart the license server and check the log file it tells me that the print composer has had a TIMEOUT set for 1200 seconds. Any value less than 1200 results in the same outcome. Any value greater than 1200 results in the actual value being used. Is 1200 the minimum amount of time for a TIMEOUT? Is there anyway to override this minimum?

Thanks,

Rick

Best answer by ClayHelberg

Hi Rick--

You might have better luck with this issue by attacking it from the client side (Arbortext Editor) instead of trying to fix it in the license server configuration. There is an ACL function license_release() that will return a license to the license server. See the Help Center for information on that function. With a little ACL, you could attach it to a menu item, allowing your users to release the license when they are done composing, instead of having to wait for it to time out. If you want to get really fancy, you could even add it to a publishing framework hook to automatically release the license when the composition job is complete.

I think this topic has come up on the Adepters list before--you might find some useful info and/or code examples if you search the community message history.

--Clay

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TimPhelps12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
December 17, 2015

1200 is the minimum. You cannot go lower.

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RickSchoen10-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
December 17, 2015

Can you tell me why there is an enforced minimum? Is there some programmatic reason for that?

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ClayHelberg18-OpalAnswer
18-Opal
January 5, 2016

Hi Rick--

You might have better luck with this issue by attacking it from the client side (Arbortext Editor) instead of trying to fix it in the license server configuration. There is an ACL function license_release() that will return a license to the license server. See the Help Center for information on that function. With a little ACL, you could attach it to a menu item, allowing your users to release the license when they are done composing, instead of having to wait for it to time out. If you want to get really fancy, you could even add it to a publishing framework hook to automatically release the license when the composition job is complete.

I think this topic has come up on the Adepters list before--you might find some useful info and/or code examples if you search the community message history.

--Clay

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    RickSchoen10-MarbleAuthor
    10-Marble
    January 20, 2016

    Clay,

    Thanks very much the license_release() function has proved very useful.

    Rick

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