Ages ago I asked if there was any way to set up a time limited standalone demo without using an external file. Phil Jimmieson contacted me off list to suggest I obtain the date created from the 'detailed files'. I finally tried it and it works fine - thanks Phil. All you do is, in an openstack handler in the splashscreen/standalone, find the line of the detailed files relating to the standalone itself. Item 4 is the date created. Work out the days elapsed and bobs your uncle. I now have a 10 day demo and a 12 month license version, each with a 7 day countdown to expiry reminder to pay me some money.
The nice thing is you don't have to set the expiry everytime you build, or worry about a secret file somewhere. The bad thing is that you need to build for each customer. Since I produce very small numbers and build for each copy anyway, this is no problem. Of course, users could set back the clock on their machine, but I timestamp all output which in forensic assessment (which is what I do) would render a false date serious professional misconduct - much more scary than unauthorised use of software. The script would be a breeze for all the scripting gurus out there, but if any apprentice gurus want to take a look at the script, contact me off list - it has a couple of twists I didn't mention above. Best wishes, David Glasgow Home/ forensic assessments --> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/dvglasgow/";> DVGlasgow </A> Courses --> <A HREF="http://www.i-Psych.co.uk";>i-Psych</A> _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
