The SoftwareShield FingerPrint Viewer is a separate application that you can simply copy to any machine as a single EXE and run to analyze your choice of FingerPrint flags in various environments, hardware configurations, settings and operating systems.  (Note there is also an integrated FingerPrint Viewer in the SoftwareShield License Manager which acts identically to the separate application).

This part of the help is a guide to how to use the SoftwareShield FingerPrint Viewer.  If you are instead looking for the specifics of the FingerPrint features themselves, see: FingerPrinting Machine Locking or FingerPrint Viewing.

As mentioned, to test and view the FingerPrint that any given machine produces, all you have to do is simply copy the program ("FingerPrintViewer.exe") to any target machine to any location on the hard drive and run it.

The SoftwareShield FingerPrint Viewer can be particularly helpful during design and development to help you determine what the best combination of FingerPrint flags are that you should use in your license for your particular situation and your target audience.  It can also be helpful while debugging problems relating to possible FingerPrint errors.

The FingerPrint Viewer is a very simple single dialog application. This section covers how to use its features, including:

• Viewer System FingerPrint Options Tab

• Viewer FingerPrint Output Tab

• Generating And Saving FingerPrint Output

• Full Length And Embedded FingerPrints