Help

Below is an overview of all actions that can be accessed from this menu.

UI Action Name	Action Name	Description
Online help	ToggleOnlineManual	Use either the online, or bundled IDA manual
Help	ShowHelp	Help
API Documentation	``
Python API	HelpPythonAPI	Python API
IDA SDK	HelpIDASDK	IDA SDK
Decompiler SDK	HelpHexraysSDK	Decompiler SDK
IDC Functions	HelpIDCFunctions	IDC Functions
About program...	About	About program
License manager...	LicenseManager	Open license manager. More…
How to buy IDA	BuyIDA	How to buy IDA
IDA home page	Homepage	IDA home page
IDA support forum	SupportForum	IDA support forum
Send database...	hx:SendIDB	Send database
Extract function...	hx:ExtractFunc	Extract function
Check for free update...	CheckFreeUpdate	Check for free update
Report a bug or an issue...	BugReport	Report a bug or an issue

License manager...

Open license manager. The license manager dialog (Help -> License manager...) lets you pick a license to use IDA with.

Depending on your licensing plan (e.g., floating), you may have the possibility to switch between various licenses located on the same license server (but having different sets of add-ons & decompilers, for example).

The active license is represented in bold in the list. Double-clicking on a line in the list, will make that license active, and make it the preferred license.

Preferred license

Doing so will also make it the "preferred" license -- that is, it will be remembered for later sessions as being the default license to use.

Borrowing & returning licenses

When using floating licenses from a server, it is possible to borrow the license for an extended period of time, thereby allowing offline work. Please use the context menu to achieve that.

License management command line options

IDA recognizes the -Olicense command-line switch, with the following format:

1. -Olicense:keyfile=<path-to-.hexlic-file>[:setpref]

2. -Olicense:server[:host=<hostname>][:port=<port>][:lid=<xx-xxxx-xxxx-xx>][:setpref]

Where the optional bits are:

keyfile	Path to the license file
host	The license server host name
port	The license server port
lid	The license ID to use
setpref	Whether the selected license should be remembered as the preferred license

The command-line switch -Olicense takes precedence over both:

1. the preferred license information possibly stored in the registry, and

2. the IDA_LICENSE environment variable

NOTE: The -Olicense switch (or IDA_LICENSE) will not, by default, overwrite the "preferred" license information in the registry. Specify setpref to achieve that.

NOTE: On Windows, the <DriveLetter>: scheme is recognized. Therefore -Olicense:keyfile=C:/tmp/my.hexlic:setpref will work as expected.

License management environment variable

Alternatively, the IDA_LICENSE environment variable can be used to specify licensing information, and accepts the same format as the -Olicense option

E.g., IDA_LICENSE=server:host=<hostname>:…