[AccessD] Registration routine for a commercially-sold Access app?

You just have to setup a registration website.  Have a little code that
submits a 'key' to your site, for the user, and then have the new
'registration key' either emailed, or visible on the webpage.

It isn't going to stop anything, but you'll have a log, of how many times a
particle product has been registered with different MAC Addresses.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Hawkins [mailto:clh at christopherhawkins.com]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:24 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Registration routine for a commercially-sold
Accessapp?


That's not a bad idea.

If only I could solve the problem of users giving their CDs and
license #'s to others...I'd make a mint!

-Christopher-

---- Original Message ----
From: jimdettman at earthlink.net
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, 
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Registration routine for a commercially-sold
Accessapp?
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:51:55 -0400

>I would second that. It's unique world wide and fairly stable (NIC 
>cards
>don't get changed all that often). I've got code for it if anyone 
>needs it.
>Just send me and e-mail off-list.
>
>Jim Dettman
>President,
>Online Computer Services of WNY, Inc.
>(315) 699-3443
>jimdettman at earthlink.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
>Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 3:56 PM
>To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Registration routine for a commercially-sold
>Access app?
>
>
>If you roll your own, I would go off of the MAC Address.  That's 
>unique, and
>easy to retrieve.
>
>Drew
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Hawkins [mailto:clh at christopherhawkins.com]
>Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 2:13 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: [AccessD] Registration routine for a commercially-sold 
>Access
>app?
>
>
>I need to come up with a registration/licensing routine for an Access
>app that a client of mine will be selling.  Basically, my client is
>concerned about one customer distributing the application to others.
>
>I want to roll my own algorithm, but then it occurred to me there
>might be a better way.  Right now I'm experimenting with validating
>the app against the hard drive serial number, but that's fraught with
>shortcomings.  I'm also thinking about using an obscure registry key.
>
>Who's had to come up registration methods before, and how did you do
>it?
>
>-Christopher-
>
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