Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-18 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
Thanks, Lagi, for your suggestions. In my case the program will be used in higher ed classrooms by students sitting side by side, often sharing the software keys. Also we are breaking into the Chinese education market with potentially tens of thousands, or more customers, where we have little

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Just to be clear - Time trials and demos are a good use of this program - It was the "copy protection" I was referring to Lagi On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 at 02:24, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Also, I want to add this: Yummy Interactive who is behind

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Peter, The fact that it is a subscription system is the best protection you have. Use the simplest protection that will tell you if the system has been "pirated" - simple encryption of the company/institution address/details for instance. Don't allow them to change the address/telephone number

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> On Jun 14, 2018, at 18:23 , Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > wrote: > > Also, I want to add this: Yummy Interactive who is behind SoftwareShield has > responded to my tech support questions about what to do, but I’m somewhat > flummoxed with their responses. They assume I have more

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-14 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
Also, I want to add this: Yummy Interactive who is behind SoftwareShield has responded to my tech support questions about what to do, but I’m somewhat flummoxed with their responses. They assume I have more technical chops. This is the kind of thing: > 1. Is it possible to create a project

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-14 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
> you want to include some of the advanced capabilities like restricted trial, Yes, I do want to use advanced capabilities. > Does it just wrap the executable or does it encapsulate the entire directory? It can do either. I am using pw protection on all stacks, which is is working well. More

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-14 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Are you saying that you have the standard mode working but you want to include some of the advanced capabilities like restricted trial, etc? Does it just wrap the executable or does it encapsulate the entire directory? I’m assuming you have decided that the password protection of the stack

Need help with a project

2018-06-14 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
Hi, I’m working on a project that we are getting ready to publish as a desktop application for Mac and Windows. It is content heavy and I'm wanting to protect it, and am using a product called SoftwareShield/GameShield: http://softwareshield.com