Ed, that is a good idea. I'm not sure it will work in this case, however.
Remember: I am dealing with people who don't know or can't communicate their
HotSync name. How likely is it that these same people have properly set up
their HotSync to send email from their Palm, and how likely is it that I can
get them to perform another HotSync after I create the email?
Thanks for the input, though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Edward Wilborne III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Free tool for anyone who can use it
> Why not add a button or configuration to the program so that the user can
> simply tap a button and mail it to you from the Palm device? This might
> help to further prevent typographical or transposition errors moving the
> codes from the Palm to their e-mail client by hand.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Burmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 6:44 PM
> Subject: Free tool for anyone who can use it
>
>
> > I usually require customers to give their HotSync user name when
> purchasing
> > my apps, use the HotSync name to generate a registration code which will
> > unlock the app's features, and email this code to them. More frequently
> > than you might believe, customers are unable to comply because they
think
> > they know their HotSync name but their actual name is something slightly
> > different. (For example, they may have a HotSync name like "Joe Blow"
> > which has two spaces instead of one.) Since my reg codes do not ignore
> such
> > variations, I have written a simple Palm app that displays the HotSync
> user
> > name in decimal and in hex, as well as the normal characters. Using
this
> > app, customers can easily see their HotSync name and email me the hex
> codes
> > so there is no doubt about what the name is.
> >
> > If anyone finds himself/herself in a similar situation, feel free to
save
> > yourself a small headache by using this program. You can find it at
> > http://www.burmeisterconsulting.com/palmtools.html .
> >
> >
> >
> >
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