On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 04:59:37PM +0200, Tft Tco wrote: > I want to have an unattended install with retail products where each of > them needs / should have a separate product key. > > does anybody know how I can get an individual product key that is based on > the machine name?
Yup, although I key off MAC address instead. You can use a CSV file
containing all of your name => key mappings, then you need to write (or
otherwise obtain) code that looks through the CSV file for a line containing
the current machine's name, and then return the product key. Alternately,
install dbd-mysql and query a database (if that's where the info is).
> I found a hint at the end of unattended.sourceforge.net/apps.html - but
> unfortunatly I found no example anywhere that would clarify how
> officexp-key.pl is working. Especially as I don't know how to know on what
> machine I am.
Presumably gethostname() will work on Windows as it does on Unix. Might
need to strip the domain portion, but string-fiddling is what Perl does
best.
- Matt
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