Hi Jacqui, > Zygodact [...] does not handle trial date expirations automatically. [...] > The Zygodact manual has suggestions on how to manage that, but any of the > ways discussed on the list will work as well.
Aha, I missed that detail! But perhaps you're a little modest. The documentation provides complete sample scripts for handling trial periods via a hidden stack, and re-registration of the software once a full code is obtained... I haven't implemented Zygodact yet, but it was such a thorough coverage of the issue that in my memory it was recorded as support for it :)) > I've considered adding trial date tracking to Zygodact, but I have mixed > feelings about it. There are some reasons it probably should not be > implemented, and should be left to the software author instead. Yes, there are a variety of schemes for trials, and not all of them are time-limited. Some publishers offer a limited number of program launches before a trial ends, instead of a specific timeframe, for example. Since Zygodact generates the activation codes, I think it would be a handy, optional feature to bake an encoded expiry date into trial codes, ala Revolution trials. The developer can't really customize that aspect of the system, right? Hm, maybe if they appended an encoded date before/after/into the code generated by Zygodact? Anyway, codes with embedded expiry dates is probably a more foolproof way to ensure people don't abuse trials. A weakness of the hidden stack/file approach is that a user can simply find that file and delete it to reactivate a trial. This way, they have to request a new key to keep a trial going. Not perfect, but you could at least see when emails keep coming in from the same IP address, mail server, etc. (Without the kind of "phone home" activation most users find offensive, you can't really do anything about determined trial abusers.) - Bill p.s.: congrats on a great new revSelect product! _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
