Evaluating HATS

Regardless of where you obtain the HATS package (HATS CD, Web, or packaged with another product), you install the same version of the HATS Toolkit. This is a limited-use version that you can use to evaluate HATS. After installation, you must use the License Settings wizard in the HATS Toolkit to fully enable the HATS runtime for production in accordance with your licensed proof of entitlement.

Before purchasing runtime licenses, you can evaluate HATS with minimal restrictions. You can use the HATS Toolkit to develop applications and test them using the local test environments.

HATS Web applications that you develop before you fully enable the HATS runtime are restricted to just two runtime host connections. HATS rich client applications that you develop before fully enabling the HATS runtime allow unlimited host connections in the local test environment but no host connections in a deployed production environment.

After evaluating the HATS Toolkit, if you decide you want to purchase HATS licenses for runtime deployment, you can fully enable the runtime using the License Settings wizard without reinstalling the HATS Toolkit.