OpenEdge also creates a separate license file that records license-related information about OpenEdge database users. If the log file does not already exist, the broker creates it and places it in the same directory as the database (.db) file. The broker creates the file in the format databasename.lic, where databasename is the name of the database to which the user connects.

Note: If OpenEdge encounters an error while trying to open or write to the database license file, the error is recorded in the database .lg file and no more entries are written to the license (.lic) file.