Need help with a project

[Lagi Pittas]

Hi

Just to be clear - Time trials and demos are a good use of this program -
It was the "copy protection" I was referring to

Lagi

On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 at 02:24, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Also, I want to add this: Yummy Interactive who is behind SoftwareShield
> has responded to my tech support questions about what to do, but I’m
> somewhat flummoxed with their responses. They assume I have more technical
> chops. This is the kind of thing:
>
> > 1. Is it possible to create a project that allows a user to have
> “unlimited” use for two weeks, then reverts to a “limited” version? Does
> this require use of a generated serial number, and an entity on your server?
> >
> >
> > The requirement can be implemented as following:
> >
> > (1) create a project, the default/first entity's license model is
> "Expire By Period" (
> http://doc.softwareshield.com/UG/license_action.html#expire-by-period <
> http://doc.softwareshield.com/UG/license_action.html#expire-by-period>)
> license model, set the periodInSeconds to 1209600 (two weeks).
> >
> > (2) in your app code, checks if the entity status is expired, run app in
> "unlimited" mode if not, switch to "limited" mode if expired.
> >
> >
> >
> > if (entity->isLocked()){
> >   //this entity is locked or trial already expired.
> >   //we may pop up info to prompt for purchase.
> >   run_in_limited_mode();
> > } else {
> >   //this entity still in two-weeks trial period
> >   run_in_unlimited_mode();
> > }
> >
> >   please refer to (http://doc.softwareshield.com/PG/index.html#pg_index
> <http://doc.softwareshield.com/PG/index.html#pg_index>) for SDK
> programming.
> >
> > (3) use the license model's action ACT_SET_EXPIRE_PERIOD /
> ACT_ADD_EXPIRE_PERIOD (
> http://doc.softwareshield.com/UG/license_action.html#act_set_expire_period
> <
> http://doc.softwareshield.com/UG/license_action.html#act_set_expire_period>)
> to manipulate the customer's trial period. Basically it means you create
> serial numbers (with ACT_XXX_EXPIRE_PERIOD) on our web portal, send a
> serial number to the customer after payment, the user input the serial
> number on the license UI page so the app can run in "unlimited" mode again.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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