[ANN} Zygodact - complete serial key registration system

[J. Landman Gay]

Although there was a brief mention of Zygodact here on the list, I've 
been informed that I should make a more formal announcement. They made 
me do it. :) So without further ado, I present Zygodact.

Zygodact provides an easy, automated way to add a complete registration 
serial key system to your Revolution standalone application or stack. 
With only a single line of code, Zygodact will check to see whether your 
application has been registered with a valid serial key. If not, it 
displays a dialog requesting a user ID and registration key. If your 
user cannot provide a valid registration, Zygodact gracefully shuts down 
your software, disallowing access.

Zygodact does all the work for you. It generates any number of customer 
serial keys for your application, and handles every aspect of requesting 
and tracking a valid software registration on your user’s computer.

It does this by creating a matched set of stacks: a registration dialog 
and a serial key generator, and optionally, a CGI stack for use on a 
server. Every set of stacks is unique, and the registration dialog and 
key generator you produce will never match any others. This gives you 
the security of knowing that other developers who use Zygodact can never 
generate the same serial keys and registration data as yours.

Each serial key is based on your user's name, or a user ID, or any other 
data you choose. Once registered, your software is tied to the user's 
computer, which means no one can copy your application to another 
machine without invalidating the registration. For developers who may be 
concerned about users sharing their registration keys, Zygodact also 
returns registration information to your scripts, for use with an online 
validation or tracking database.

With Zygodact you get:

- One-click generation of a unique registration substack and serial key 
generator
- Optional CGI stack and sample Revolution script for server use
- Complete registration management with only a single line of script
- Fully customizable registration dialog, so you can add your own logo 
and look and feel
- The option to use your own software's preferences stack, or just let 
Zygodact create one for you without any scripting
- Complete documentation with sample scripts, conveniently accessible 
from the Help menu
- Serial key generation either individually or in bulk to produce any 
number of keys with one click


A Zygodact installation can be set up in minutes with three simple steps:

1. Generate a unique set of stacks with one click.

2. Make the registration stack a substack of your main stack.

3. Add one line of script to your main stack.

That's it. Everything else is taken care of for you.

The Zygodact application is available for both Mac OS X and Windows. The 
stacks it generates for use in your project can be used with any 
platform Revolution supports, including Linux.

Zygodact can be purchased at the Runtime Revolution store 
<https://secure.runrev.com/products/related-software/zygodact/>, and is 
also featured as part of the Megabundle deal currently available until 
January 16.

Zygodactl: A toe arrangement in perching birds where digits 1 and 4 are 
reversed.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com