So I don't have to yet again hunt down the activePDF ToolKit documentation, if an Error Code -998 is returned by activePDF ToolKit it means 'Product not registered/ Evaluation expired.'. And you have to take up arms and prepare to enjoy chasing down why your previously registered copy has decided, perhaps in a fit of pique, that it's happier unregistered. Which is not a fat lot of help when the bloke who has the serial number database is in a timezone slumbering through the middle of the night, it's the midst of a workday for you and you promised someone something for tomorrow.

I completely agree with software licencing. It's how companies legitimately make money. But some seem to have registration management systems calculated to drive us mere code crunchers up the wall.