If you need to publish the desktop application that developed with Map Suite desktop components, it's required to publish your application along with the Runtime License, otherwise, map will rendered with “Not Licensed for Run Time”. This guide will shows you how to setup the runtime license.

Runtime License can be generated by “Map Suite Product Center” that you can find the “Map Suite Product Center” from package installation folder (…packages\ThinkGeo.MapSuite.ProductCenter.10.0.0\lib\net45). Please double click the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.ProductCenter.exe. Then let’s switch to the WinForms tab as Figure 1 indicates.

Figure 1. Map Suite Product Center with Winforms tab selected

Select the desktop product that you want to publish. if you've activated or started trail of this product. “Runtime License Browse” section can be found at right side of Product Center. (See figure 2.)

Figure 2. Generate Runtime License Item.

Click on the Browse button and select your application which you want to release.

“Save As” dialog will pop up after selected your application. Generate a runtime license file in your application folder (*.mapsuitelicense).

Now the runtime license are ready. You can double click and run your application after the runtime license saved to your application folder. There is no watermark on the map.