From: "Colin Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hiding registration information
> Does anyone have any ideas on a good way to hide registration
> information in such a way that
> a) It can survive a reset
> b) It can stay on the device if the application which wrote it is
> uninstalled
One thing some apps do is to create a db with a different creator id than
the main one used by the app. Then when the app is deleted, the extra db is
not deleted with it. However, this is a really bad idea because memory on
the Palm is very limited and the db you leave on it is just wasting that
memory. Users will get angry at you if, after deleting your app, some of
their memory appears to be lost forever..
This is an inherent problem with any registration system based on a time
limit (number of days, or number of program executions). If you search the
archives, you will find several threads on this topic, giving the strengths
and weaknesses of the various registration methods, and several opinions
about what is the "best" method to use.
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