Product Registration and Activation

RCP Developer/WindowBuilder/SWT Designer/Swing Designer/WindowTester/Help Composer

After installing the product, it has to be registered and activated before it can be used. Please follow the following instructions to register and activate the product:

Open License Preference Page

  • Select Window > Preferences from your Eclipse menu to open the Preferences page.
  • Select either of the following to open the License page:
    • Designer > License
    • Help Composer > License
    • WindowTester > License
  • Click the Registration and Activation button on the License page to open the activation wizard.

Designer License page

Product Activation Wizard

For Paid Activation:

Note: See above on how to Open the activation wizard.

  • Enter Serial Number - If you purchased the product, the serial number should have been emailed to you. If you haven’t received your serial number,  please contact our sales department.
  • Enter Activation Key - If you have a valid activation key, generated specifically for the machine you're trying to activate, enter it as well. Leave it blank if you don’t have one. Please note that activation keys are machine specific and may not be shared with other machines. Each machine that you use must be activated individually.

For Evaluation:

Note: See above on how to Open the activation wizard.

  • Do not enter anything in the Serial Number and Activation Key fields.
  • Choose RCP Developer if you want the entire RCP library (SWT Designer, RCP Packager, WindowTester SWT and Help Composer).
  • Choose WindowBuilder if you want to develop both SWT and Swing interfaces.

For a Free Product (WindowBuilder / Designer only):

  • Do not enter anything in the Serial Number and Activation Key fields.
  • Choose WindowBuilder if you want to develop both SWT and Swing interfaces.
Choose whether to register directly over the web or by email:
  • Directly over the web. The activation wizard will connect directly to the Instantiations activation server. If you use an HTTP Proxy service, enter your HTTP proxy host and port information in the fields provided.
  • By email. Activation by email may take up to 48 hours. You may need to adjust your spam filter to allow emails from our domain. If you are behind a firewall and can’t connect to our server or if you have any problems at all with the web activation process, use the email activation option instead. Note that if your support or eval period has expired, you will need to use the email option. To renew your support, please contact our sales department.

Modify Contact Information:

  • If you have registered in the past and you want to update your registration information, check Modify your personal information option.
  • Click Next to continue.

Registration and Activation Wizard

Product Registration

If the Product Registration page appears, please enter your contact information.
  • All fields are required.
  • Please enter your first and last name.
  • Make sure that you enter a valid email address in the Email Address field. Your activation key will be sent to this address. If you enter an invalid address, you will not be able to use the product. You may also need to adjust your spam filter to allow emails from our domain.
  • Click Next.
Contact Information

Activation Incomplete

If you get the Activation Incomplete page, please check the email account you provided in the previous step. Once you receive the email from our server:
  • Click Finish to close the activation incomplete page.
  • Copy the activation key from the email and paste it into the activation key field.
  • No need to select the product this time.
Activation Incomplete

Activation Complete

If everything goes well, you should get the Activation Complete window. This window may be different from the screen shot shown here depending on the product and the type of activation you choose.
  • Click Finish to close the wizard and start using the product.
Activation Complete

Email Registration

If you choose to activate by email, you will see the Email Registration page. Email activations may take up to 48 hours.
  • Create email - Clicking the Create email button will create an email in your default email program which you should send to registration(at)instantiations.com.
  • Copy to Clipboard - Alternatively, you can copy the contents of the text field using the Copy to Clipboard button and paste it into a new email message. You might use this option, if you need to use an alternate machine to send the email.


Support Period expired or Error activating directly over the web

If your support period expired or if you get an error activating directly over the web, please activate by email.
Activate By Email