[AccessD] OT - Software to Limit user Access on Computer

[David Emerson]

Hi Rocky,

Interestingly I have gleaned your ideas from this list over the years and have already planned these features 😊

How did you generate your product key so each user's instance recognised it as valid?

In our case, we have an SQL back end. The people testing the product could come from several departments within a company so to make it easy we want to provide them with an environment that they don't need to work with their IT department to get installed, and all testers can have access to.

Regards

David



-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD <accessd-bounces+newsgrps=dalyn.co.nz at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 5:15 am
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT - Software to Limit user Access on Computer

I don't know if this is possible for your software, but when I developed a manufacturing system as a commercial product, it was definitely a 'try before you buy' product. So, I limited the capacity of one of the tables - in this case the part master - to 100 records - enough to try all of the features, not enough to be useful in a production environment.

Also, this 'demo' - a full working copy of the system with the one restriction on the part master table - had a key with an expiration date encoded into the product key. So it would crap out at whatever time frame I decided to give the prospect. Later, I created a version of the system with a 500 part limit for small companies that were just getting into using a manufacturing system, with the carrot that they could upgrade to the full system when they outgrew the 500 part limit.

The expiration date in the product key also worked for the full system. The user had to contact me for an update to their key, so I was in touch with them at least annually, and also discouraged pirating as the pirated system would stop within a year or less.



Any possibilities for you there?

r


On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 12:51 AM David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi Gustav,
>
> We are looking for a long term solution with potential purchasers 
> being able to play with our software before purchasing.
>
> I was told that a licence for Windows Server would be more expensive 
> than the benefit we would get from it.
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD 
> <accessd-bounces+newsgrps=dalyn.co.nz at databaseadvisors.com>
> On
> Behalf Of Gustav Brock via AccessD
> Sent: Monday, 13 February 2023 8:56 pm
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Cc: Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT - Software to Limit user Access on Computer
>
> Hi David
>
> Windows Server 2022 will run for 90 days without a license.
> Configured as a Terminal Server, it will allow multiple logins without 
> a license server, though limited to 60 minutes for each session. If 
> timeout is reached, just log on again.
>
> To launch the application, consider implementing:
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/kimknight/remoteapptool
>
> /gustav
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