Merge pull request #680 from telerik/dkrastev/m-License-KBs

Re-add License file as KB

Author: nade7o

knowledge-base/kb-license-file-licx.md

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+---
+title: License file (licx)
+description: License file (licx)
+page_title: License file (licx)
+type: troubleshooting
+slug: kb-license-file-licx
+position: 0
+tags: common,license, licx
+res_type: kb
+---
+
+## Environment
+
+|Product Version|Product|Author|
+|----|----|----|
+|2024.4.1113|Telerik UI for WinForms|[Dinko Krastev](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/author/dinko-krastev)|
+
+
+## Description
+
+>caution  As of __Q2 2024__, __Telerik UI for WinForms__ suite does not generate anymore the License file (licx).
+
+Тhe __Telerik UI for WinForms__ suite uses the standard .NET licensing mechanism, which means that using the controls in design-time causes Visual Studio to add a  [__license.licx file__](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/lc-exe-license-compiler) to the solution. This file is used only in design-mode and is not needed for deployment.
+      
+
+The purpose of the license file is to:
+			
+
+* combat copyright infringement.
+					
+
+* provide license holders in the company with statistics on the use of the available licenses.
+					
+
+* send anonymous statistics about the controls usage (so it may generate some network requests to the Telerik servers).
+					
+
+Having this license file is not expected to bring any performance/compilation issues and you can ignore it.
+      
+
+In case your project build fails with errors pointing to the license file, you can delete it and rebuild.
+      
+
+If you are working under source control, once the file is created it will be detected as a change by your source control system. We would suggest that you check-in this file initially. Then, when it is checked out again during your work, it is up to you to decide whether to check it in, or discard the changes.

urlrewriter.config

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 <redirect url="/devtools/winforms/licensing/license-agreement" to="/devtools/winforms/licensing/license-key"  processing="stop" />
 <redirect url="/devtools/winforms/licensing/personal-data-collection" to="/devtools/winforms/licensing/license-key"  processing="stop" />
 <redirect url="/devtools/winforms/licensing/trial-vs-licensed-version" to="/devtools/winforms/licensing/license-key"  processing="stop" />
-<redirect url="/devtools/winforms/licensing/license-file-\(licx\)" to="/devtools/winforms/licensing/license-key"  processing="stop" />
+<redirect url="/devtools/winforms/licensing/license-file-\(licx\)" to="/devtools/winforms/knowledge-base/kb-license-file-licx"  processing="stop" />
        </rewriter>