[AccessD] Demo To Run for 30 Days

But it would be more interesting to see you try to compare the date to
the state, Rocky. ;-}

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:01 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Demo To Run for 30 Days


The date.  I store the date, not the state.  The date.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Demo To Run for 30 Days


>I store the state each time they start the system.  If the system date 
>is
>ever earlier than the last time they started it (indicating that they
moved 
>the system date back to try to get a few more days' use) I give them a 
>message that says they need to adjust the clock in the computer and
quit 
>the app.
>
> Rocky
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh McFarlane" <darsant at gmail.com>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Demo To Run for 30 Days
>
>
>> On 7/26/05, paul.hartland at fsmail.net <paul.hartland at fsmail.net> 
>> wrote:
>>> What I tend to do is when they first open the application, store the
>>> system date and calculate 30 days in advance and also store this,
then 
>>> you just check the stored date which is 30 days in advance each time

>>> they open the app, if you check a stored date against system date,
they 
>>> can always keep changing the date on their machine can't they ?
>>>
>>> Paul Hartland
>>
>> The optimum solution I can think of is to have the two fields you 
>> mentioned, and use them as sort of a between statement in which it 
>> can run. First time the program opens, it sets both dates.
>>
>> Next time the user opens the application, first it checks to make 
>> sure the current date is between those dates, and if it is, it 
>> updates the current system date with the new value. This way, the 
>> date window that the program can be opened in slowly expires as time 
>> progresses.
>>
>> If the user sets their computer to day X  time Y after they got the 
>> App but before their last use time,  the start time is already after 
>> the current time, and the program cannot open.
>>
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>> understanding."
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