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Article #753Re: Trial Version of Software ???
From: Alexey N. Solofnenko
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:11
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:11
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There is an API to store user preferences in registry on Windows or in user home on Unices, but I recommend signing your code with a certificate that expires in 30 days. The drawback is that you need to produce a new build every day, but you will not need to store anything on a client, if you use this option. - Alexey. Art Pollard wrote: > How might I create a trial version of some software in Java? I have a Java > app that I'd like to allow a 30 day evaluation period for. This isn't hard > to do in the Windows world (simply stuffing a file with a date in the > \system directory or in the registry or ....) but I have no idea how this > might be done in the Java world -- espeically in a cross platform manner. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, > > Thanks, > > -Art > >
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X-Google-Thread: f74b3,f9fe30ae2d47b5de X-Google-Attributes: gidf74b3,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:11:34 -0800 From: "Alexey N. Solofnenko" <trelony@mail.ru> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9+ (Windows/20041105) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: borland.public.jbuilder.java.language Subject: Re: Trial Version of Software ??? References: <418f1629$1@newsgroups.borland.com> In-Reply-To: <418f1629$1@newsgroups.borland.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.200.221.5 Message-ID: <418fa8c5$1@newsgroups.borland.com> X-Trace: newsgroups.borland.com 1099933893 208.200.221.5 (8 Nov 2004 09:11:33 -0700) Lines: 22 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!proxad.net!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!news-peer-test!btnet!newsfeed.bt.es!caladan.landsraad.net!newsgroups.borland.com!not-for-mail