About This Guide

This document contains information about the Sentinel RMS Licensing API functions, both the traditional RMS API and Unified API.

Audience

This document is intended for programmers implementing RMS licensing using Java, .NET, and C language based application source code. It is assumed that they have read the initial chapters of the Sentinel RMS SDKDeveloper Guide and have an understanding of Sentinel RMS terminology and concepts.

Document Conventions

This document uses standard conventions for describing the user interface and for alerting you to important information.

Notes

Notes are used to alert you to important or helpful information. They use the following format:

NOTE   Take note. Contains important or helpful information.

Cautions

Cautions are used to alert you to important information that may help prevent unexpected results or data loss. They use the following format:

CAUTION!   Exercise caution. Contains important information that may help prevent unexpected results or data loss.

Warnings

Warnings are used to alert you to the potential for catastrophic data loss or personal injury. They use the following format:

**WARNING**   Be extremely careful and obey all safety and security measures. In this situation you might do something that could result in catastrophic data loss or personal injury.

Command Syntax and Typeface Conventions

Convention	Description
Bold lettering	Denotes keystrokes, menu items, window names or fields.
Courier	Denotes syntax, prompts, and code examples.
Italic lettering	Denotes file names and directory names. Else, used for emphasis.

Documentation Resources

Access the latest Sentinel RMS documentation here.

GDPR Compliance

The Sentinel RMS SDK and its redistributables are GDPR-compliant. To achieve this compliance in the case of Sentinel RMS License Manager's usage log files, make sure that the -log-anonymity option is used to anonymize the actual details of the user. Refer to the Sentinel RMS System Administrator Guide for more information about doing this.