Instead of user name, I recommend using their email. Why? Because my user name is Richard Hawkins but my email is k...@kagi.com (if I want to receive the app you are going to send to me).
"Richard Hawkins" On Mar 15, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Peter Bogdanoff <bogdan...@me.com> wrote: > Richard, > > You could... > > 1. If you have a limited number of installations, you could store internally > a list of keys, then issue one of them to each user. If it matches one of the > internal list, it's good. > > 2. You could have a separate program with an algorithm that creates keys in a > particular pattern. Those are the keys issued to users. When a key is entered > by the user, the program decodes the key to see if it matches the algorithm > thus a valid sequence. I've used something as simple as a test to see if a > letter or number is in a particular position, but it could be much more > complex. > > These don't allow for a user name. And of course, none of these eliminates > the reuse of a key by someone else. For that you would need an > Internet/server system. > > Peter Bogdanoff > UCLA > > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 6:35 PM, "Dr. Hawkins" <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Paul Hibbert <l...@pbh.on-rev.com> wrote: >>> I can fully recommend Jacque's Zygodact, its on the RunRev store. It's easy >>> to set up and it is >>> possible to integrate with PayPal if you have an On-Rev account or use >>> revServer. >> >> It's both more and less than I need :) >> >> I've pretty much dealt with registration keys, including the one-use >> keys, which are keyed to both he user name and his client name. >> >> What I'm looking to do is hardcode the serial number, and possibly the >> user name, into the actual executable I distribute without it taking >> ten minutes on a fast machine per copy. >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. >> (702) 508-8462 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
