RE: [flexcoders] Expiration date
Depending on what your app does, restricting its use, for example disable saving/loading/copying of text and similar are quite common features to make users upgrade. Or what you could do is put in some code on startup that sent a request to your server to accept a response. Only if the response was OK would the app run and not exit. That way your beta version would expire on a set date and not from when a user had actually installed it. You could also use the auto-update feature of AIR for this, once you wish you app to go from beta to release force the update on the user and then they need to enter a license key which they will get from yourself. Kenneth. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lehaianh1986 Sent: 22 April 2009 04:03 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Expiration date Hi all, I have small AIR project, now it is beta version. I will send it to some testers. So, I want to write some code to set expired date for it. Example as set this soft to stop working 1 month from first use, or set the number of using soft is 100 times. Any one can guide me some steps to do it? Thank in advanced Hai Anh Disclaimer --- This electronic message contains information which may be privileged and confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone on 0131 476 6000 and delete the material from your computer. Registered in Scotland number: SC 172507. Registered office address: Quay House 142 Commercial Street Edinburgh EH6 6LB. This email message has been scanned for viruses by Mimecast. ---
Re: [flexcoders] Expiration date
On Wednesday 22 Apr 2009, Steve Mathews wrote: Once time runs out just tell the user and exit. Of course the user could uninstall/reinstall to get around this, so it isn't a fool-proof solution. Uninstalling an AIR application doesn't clear files it has installed, like SQLLite databases. -- Helping to administratively conquer cross-platform exceptional clusters as part of the IT team of the year, '09 and '08 Tom Chiverton Developer Tel: +44 0161 618 5032 Fax: +44 0161 618 5099 tom.chiver...@halliwells.com 3 Hardman Square, Manchester, M3 3EB www.Halliwells.com This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word ?partner? to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.Halliwells.com.
[flexcoders] Expiration date
Hi all, I have small AIR project, now it is beta version. I will send it to some testers. So, I want to write some code to set expired date for it. Example as set this soft to stop working 1 month from first use, or set the number of using soft is 100 times. Any one can guide me some steps to do it? Thank in advanced Hai Anh
Re: [flexcoders] Expiration date
A very quick and dirty way would be to just save the first date it is launched (to a text file or better yet to a db) then check it on startup. Once time runs out just tell the user and exit. Of course the user could uninstall/reinstall to get around this, so it isn't a fool-proof solution. Steve On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:03 PM, lehaianh1986 lehaianh1...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi all, I have small AIR project, now it is beta version. I will send it to some testers. So, I want to write some code to set expired date for it. Example as set this soft to stop working 1 month from first use, or set the number of using soft is 100 times. Any one can guide me some steps to do it? Thank in advanced Hai Anh -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
