Why Is the DIAdem SCRIPT Icon Grayed Out?

Updated Dec 7, 2023

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Software

  • DIAdem

Issue Details

I am trying to access the DIAdem SCRIPT workspace, however, the icon is grayed out as shown in the figure below. 
 
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Figure.1 The SCRIPT workspace is inaccessible because the icon is grayed out
 
Why can I not access the SCRIPT workspace? 

Solution

A license for the DIAdem Advanced or Professional Edition is required to access the DIAdem SCRIPT workspace. If you only have a DIAdem Base Edition license, you can run premade scripts, however, you will not have access to the scripting development tools in the associated workspace. In order to determine what edition you currently have activated on your machine, open NI License Manager and expand the version of DIAdem under scrutiny.  
 
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Figure.2  NI License Manager showing DIAdem Base Edition is activated

If the box next to the Base Edition is green, that indicates that this edition is activated. For additional information regarding the significance of certain colors, please reference link What Do the Colored Boxes in NI License Manager Mean

If you have a license for the DIAdem Advanced or Professional Edition, it is possible that the Base Edition was accidentally activated. If this is the case, you can deactivate the Base Edition and activate the Advanced Edition using the serial number associated with the software. For questions about this process, please refer
Activating Your Software .

Once you have activated the DIAdem Advanced Edition, restart DIAdem in order for the changes to take effect. You should then be able to access the SCRIPT workspace by clicking the icon as shown in the figure below.
  
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Figure.3 The SCRIPT workspace is accessible

Additional Information

There is no separate install for DIAdem Base and DIAdem Professional. There is one installation for DIAdem which installs all of the features available in DIAdem. Based on what type of license you purchase, you will have access to these different features of DIAdem (such as the SCRIPT panel).