The Export File button in the Workbench License Manager allows you to save any number (or all) licenses in your local license database locally on your Workbench PC, as a license archive (.lar) file.

The license archive format allows you to easily share saved .lar files (however named) among multiple Workbench PCs without overwriting a license file for a different host platform. You can use the Import File command in the Workbench License Manager to add/update licenses in a license archive, or the equivalent Import command when in the platform License Manager (or similar License Platform Service Plugin).For more details, see license archive (.lar) files.

If you click Export File without first selecting any licenses (and/or) host IDs, every license in your local license database will be included in the archive, as noted in a confirmation dialog. See Figure A.5.

Or, you can select one or more entries in the left pane (host IDs or license files) to include only those selected (highlighted) licenses to be in the exported archive file.

When you click Yes (if all) or Export File for selected licenses, an Export Licenses dialog (Figure A.6) lets you navigate to the spot to save the .lar file.

By default, a license archive file is saved in the root of your Niagara release directory. Use the dialog’s navigation controls to specify another target folder or drive, as needed. Before saving, you can also rename the license archive file, to make it more identifiable. For example, instead of: licenses.lar, you could rename it MyJaceNxt.lar.

Upon export of license(s) to a license archive file, a popup dialog appears, as shown in Figure A.7.