Checking a license is found

To check that a valid license for Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE has been found and Saxon is running with full functionality, try running one of the following simple commands.

On Java (for example, for SaxonJ-EE 13.0):

java -cp saxon-ee-13.0.jar net.sf.saxon.Query -qs:"saxon:string-to-hexBinary('saxon', 'utf-8')"

On .NET:

dotnet SaxonCS query -qs:"saxon:string-to-hexBinary('saxon', 'utf-8')"

SaxonJ will revert to SaxonJ-HE functionality if it cannot find a valid license file. The above query uses a Saxon extension function which requires Saxon-PE or -EE, so it will produce the correct answer ("7361786F6E") if the license is found, but return an error message if the license is not found.

SaxonCS-EE will fail and exit if no license file is found.

See Troubleshooting license key problems for advice if the license is not found.