Watch out that the user doesn't put the date back on their computer. Then they get an unlimited free license. There are people around that also have dates pre-2000 because of code that was never fixed.
Monte > > 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 > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
