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An online free-trial anti-abuse system design.

I am currently selling time based access passes to an online service at micro payment prices. After payment the customer gets a set of credentials that is only valid for the purchased period. When the access pass expires the customer has to buy a new set of credentials. So basically the credentials are one-time(period) use only. I wo...

Do you use 30 day trial servers to do development work?

I know this is an odd question but I need to ask it to get information to present to a client. Their lead network admin wants me to work on 30 day trial servers like Sharepoint & SQL Server to develop projects for their clients. While I will do as they ask, I'm not convinced this is the best way to go about developing software or trouble...

How to enable guest trial tour on a website and import the guest data in when user registered.

I have a website need user login to save personal data. But I want to enable user a trial tour if he does not want to register it until he think he actucally need the website' services. 1) What should I do? 1.1) How to save his data before he register and login? I know to use cookies but my data maybe too large to be holded? 1.2) How ...

How to create trial version of .NET software?

Does Visual Studio have built-in tools for creating trial versions of software? If no what tools can do the job? What are the best practices for creating trial versions on .NET platform? How these practices depend on application type (web applications, Windows Forms applications, dll ect.)? ...

What is the best anti-crack scheme for your trial or subscription software?

Writing code takes time and effort and just like any other human being we need to live by making an income (save for the few that are actually self sustainable.) Here are 3 general schemes to make a living: Independent developers can offer a trial then purchase scheme. An alternative is an open source base application with pay extensio...

don't wanna lose data on Android after uninstalling

Hi, Now I make a trial application. I'd like to store IMEI and other info in Android permanently. And I don't want to lose them after uninstalling it. I tested with shared preference but it deletes after un-installation. SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, 0); SharedPreferences.Editor editor =...

Visual Studio 2010 editions - switching from Premium (not a trial) to Ultimate trial and back again

I have installed Visual Studio 2010 Premium RTM (not a trial) and would like to run the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Trial for a while. What is the fastest way to switch to Ultimate trial and back again to the Premium? My best idea: not uninstalling the Premium edition. running the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Trial - Web Ins...

Software free trial and using software in open-source and commercial development

For example I found great uml tool (http://www.architexa.com/start/pricing) that is free for 30 days. Can I use screenshots from it in open-source and commercial website? since its mine for 30 days, I should be able to do whatever I want with it, right? ...

Generating Device-Specific Serial Number

I would like to be able to generate unique serial numbers for each Android device for use in unlocking an application. How could I do this? EDIT: The reason is I want to revamp a paid application and provide users who have paid for the old version, which will have a different package name, a way to obtain the full version by downloadin...

How do I store data securely with objective C? (Mac/Cocoa Dev)

I'm trying to create a Trial part of my cocoa application. I have the licensing all set up (including keys) etc. But I was wondering how I could store e.g the first the time the user ran the program in a secure place, where the user can't easily find it and/or edit it. I was having a fiddle with NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults, but...

Implementing A Trial Period With Web Apps

What are some best practices for implementing a free trial period in web applications? Should you collect the customer's credit card information upfront, or prompt them when their free trial is up? Personally, I feel I would be more inclined to sign up for a service if I don't have to give the company my CC info. How would one handl...

Is it allowed to publish for free a beta version of a programm using trial components ?

Hello, can I offer on my website my programm (beta version) for free to test it and searching for bugs when the programm contains control components running in trial mode? I only want to buy the licence when I do the release of the final programm. ...

How to "upgrade" from VS 2010 Ultimate trial to Professional

I have Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Trial installed, which is about to expire. I also have a retail box with Visual Studio 2010 Professional. So I thought changing my trial to the full version would be as simple as entering the key, but no, it tells me that the key is invalid. OK, so I ran the setup from the Professional DVD. It accepted ...

ASP.NET web controls - how to make evaluation or trial version?

I had to develop some custom ASP.NET web controls because I couldn't find ones already available for purchase with the functionality required. I was surprised I couldn't find what I needed and I'm thinking the web controls I developed may be useful to others. So I'm thinking maybe I can sell my newly developed web controls and make a bu...

creating a trial version of Visual Basic application

hi everyone I created an application in vb.net using visual studio 2010. I want to create an installation file of the application that will not be free with a license so I want to create a trial of 30 jours.if there a way I thank you in advance ...