Another thing is that some Palm OS programs have Desktop
(WindowsXP/etc) components that are needed for added functionality of
the program residing on the Palm device.
And these Windows Desktop programs are harder to crack/reset the trial of...
--Nikolai F.
At 17:54 01.10.2007, you wrote:
i think its different. every software will be hacked so why bother... just do
something simple, it will scare 90% of people anyway and you are fine. from my
experience especially people in usa etc. seem not willing to bother to delete
preference or look for crack if they can buy full version for few $ - i mean
ordinary users not palmos addicts and programers..these would crack anything
anyway.
so unless you take it personally as some sort of competition then
dont waste too
much time with it.
another thing, very difficult protection will almost for sure
somehow limit also
users who have full version. so in such case be ready for lot of
angry emails :-)
Christopher Stamper wrote:
> I know. All software, actually.
>
> I have extensively experimented with trial software, to try to figure
> out how it works. ALL you have to do in most cases is delete it's pref.
>
> DateBk6 is the best, actually. It stores it's info a db AND a pref, so
> you must delete BOTH simultaneously.
>
> It's especially funny when developers put the trial info in a separate
> pref, you can delete just it and lose no settings! (Zlauncher, etc.)
> There's a lot to learn from other's software... :)
>
>
> On 10/1/07, *Nikolai Filipov* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> In my experience, lots of software works again after trial has run
> out simply by deleting its preference/settings database...
> Then the 0 days remaining turn back to 15 days/etc. Well all
> settings/options are lost, but...
>
> Regards,
> -Nikolai F.
>
> At 17:32 01.10.2007, you wrote:
> >Christopher Stamper wrote:
> > > I am trying to make a trial mechanism for my shareware app. I
> suppose
> > > that would involve getting the Hotsync ID in hex format. Anybody
> know
> > > how to do that?
> >
> >Hm,... http://www.asciitable.com/ ?
> >
> > > Also, I don't know exactly what to do with it after that, to
> generate a
> > > unique reg key. I plan on selling it at palmgear.com
> <http://palmgear.com>
> >
> >Whatever you do it can be easily worked around.
MultiuserHack and other
> >tools are around. Try searching group archive - there're a couple of
> >treads on finding device uniq id.
> >
> >
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