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Thanks Kelly

I have mySql and php available. I'll look into that and the http components
you suggest.


Kelly Domalik wrote:
> What i have been doing is:
>
> - The user enters their code into the app.  The app connects to a
> script on my server that verifies the code is valid (you can do this
> with the indy or fastnet http component).  I use php and mysql for my
> server-side script. - The script on my server keeps track of the date
> the code was entered, and does not allow the code to be entered for
> at least 60 days beyond that date (this seems to prevent friend code
> sharing) - The code is stored in the windows registry in 2 locations.
> The first location is to store the code as a string, the second
> stores the code as an encrypted binary value (you'll need to find a
> simple encryption algorithm to convert your code).  When your app
> runs, get both codes from the registry, decrypt the second code, and
> make sure they match.
>
> Hope this can help you or point you in the right direction...
>
> ~Kelly
>
>
>
> "Per Elms�ter" <perelms@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:43a17420$3@newsgroups.borland.com...
>> I'll be ready to start distributing the app I've been working on in a
>> couple
>> of weeks. Time to look into a strategy for licensing and allowing the
>> customers to download a trial version. I've been Googling the groups
>> quite intensively now but I didn't come up
>> with anything interesting for me. Most third party tools I found were
>> rather
>> expensive and really sophisticated. I'm not real worried the
>> professional crackers will spend any time with my app. All I want is
>> to keep normal people honest
>>
>> 1. They download a time limited trial version.
>> 2. They like it and register for a license key as the pay for the
>> product.In
>> the $50 range
>>
>> Point number two is the important part. Once they've downloaded and
>> evaluated my app, I want them to come back and pay for it. Some kind
>> of registration procedure that will let them continue to run the app
>> on the computer it's already downloaded to, but keep them from
>> giving away the license key to their friends at least. Ie the key
>> wont be any good on another machine.
>>
>> How do you solve these matters?
>> Can somebody recommend either a priceworthy third-party tool, where I
>> don't
>> have to pay a bundle for making my source code cracksafe.
>> Or can you recommend a strategy that I could employ myself.
>> I'm distributing the product as a Windows Installer package.
>>
>> --
>> Perre
>>
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