> > I am seeking a method to enforce shareware registration
> > after the evaluation period, even if:
> > - user changes the date
> > - user erases the application and installs it again
> >
>
> This question inevitably begins a religious war over whether
> applications should leave (or some would say "hide") data on the user's
> device, even after the application is deleted. Those who argue that leaving
> so much as a byte behind is bad form contend that since removing the
> application will also destroy the data, the inconvenience will cause most
> users not to take this route (nothing would stop them, of course, from using
> a third party app to backup the database before deleting the app). If you
To prevent this I add some registration data in my database appinfo
block? So, the only way then would be to delete the database.
Doesn't prevent them from deleting and reinstalling but if the
database has to be recreated each time, it's kind of inconvenient.
But this would not work if you allowed exporting of database.
>
> I am now setting up my email filter to automatically delete the oncoming
> debate over registration codes, trial-ware, and leaving data behind...
What's the point of telling us this?
> --
> Dan Rowley
> Innovative Computer Solutions
> Developers of fine software for Newton, Windows CE, Palm Computing Platform,
> Windows, and MacOS
>
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