Set up a data file and select the binding to store the activation.Ģ. The process requires switching back and forth from the destination computer, where the borrowed activation should go, to the source computer, which contains the activation to borrow.ġ. This table describes the steps in the process, and the computer on which the steps are carried out. The data file passes the necessary data between the source and destination computers. Use a data file to borrow a CodeMeter activation from a source computer to a destination computer when the computers cannot connect over a network.