Article - CS26546

Error “[A31679] Arbortext Editor with Styler was not able to obtain a license”. PTC Arbortext Editor with Styler

Modified: 14-May-2025   


Applies To

  • PTC Arbortext Styler 6.0 to 8.3
  • PTC Arbortext Editor 6.0 to 8.3
  • PTC Arbortext Architect 6.0 to 8.1
  • PTC Arbortext Publishing Engine 6.0 to 8.3

Description

  • How to configure Arbortext with a license file or server?
  • How to start Arbortext Editor with node-locked license and Arbortext Styler with floating license on a client machine
  • Following Errors can occur:
  • [A31679] Arbortext Editor/with Styler was not able to obtain a license: The PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE environment variable is not defined, so there are no license sources
  • -1, cannot find the license file
  • -96, Cannot connect to license server occurs while launching the application pointing to license file path
  • [A31679] PTC Arbortext Editor was not able to obtain a license
    The license has expired
  • Licenses are node locked on the license server
  • License is local hosted and PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE is configured correctly to point to license location
 
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