>I'd appreciate hearing any thoughts on ways to build in serial number
>protection...at least into one main opening stack.
Hi Richard,
Before I describe my approach, let me point out its limitations:
1. It is Mac-specific.
2. It only works on hardware/OS combos where the Apple System Profiler
returns the computer serial number.
3. It works for me because my product is designed and priced for a limited
marketplace.
That being said, the AppleScript script:
on getSerial()
tell application "Apple System Profiler"
launch
copy SerialNumber to myNumber
quit application "Apple System Profiler"
end tell
return myNumber
end getSerial
will return the Mac's serial #. (BTW, Apple System Profiler does NOT quit;
but that's another issue.)
When a winemaker orders, or subscribes to, OenoLog, the license is specific
to the her/his Mac by serial number...which he/she retrieves using the
System Profiler and includes on the order form. I burn a CD for that
specific installation with the serial # encrypted in the stack.
As I look to the future, I must determine which of the Mac-specific
features in OenoLog can be reprogramed to be platform independent, and
which must be given up if I am to achieve cross-platform compatability. It
would be nice if Revolution had a built-in method of uniquely identifying
the computer it's running on. Some people have suggested the Ethernet
address as a possibility; but for my purposes the serial # is more easily
retrieved by the user.
I'd be happy to participate in any effort address the issue by RunRev or
MetaCard staff and/or users. I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone
who knows what toolbox call ASP uses to retrieve the serial # (some
argument to gestalt(??)). If I knew that, I could ditch AppleScript; but
I'm too cheap to pay Apple $200 so I can ask them directly.
Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)
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