sims wrote: >> . That's >>> why those Application Data folders are provided. >> >> There's also the Windows registry to consider... > > > I need to track how many times an action is performed so that > when a set limit is arrived at, the application can do something. > > > If the number times an action is performed is recorded in a text > file, then then the person cannot simply install the application > over again and start from zero again. With each action, the text > file is written to until the limit is reached. > > I understand that a clever person could simply search for and > remove the text file...but this simple level of security is > ok for the circumstances. > > My PC knowledge is close to zero...could the Windows registry > be of use in this case? How would I go about using it?
Text files can be edited with Notepad, the registry with RegEdit. If you really want to annoy crackers put some critical part of your software into a separate stack file and tuck a Base64- and/ot gzip-encoded copy of your count there in a user prop. Encoded, your data will be hard to spot in the binary stack file, and if they toss it your program won't run. Nothing's crack-proof, but the trick is to make cracking sufficiently annoying so as to be not worth the effort. ;) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms Developer of WebMerge 2.0: Publish any database on any site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution