>>>dangeous
>>>
>>>its his data an you have no right to destroy customer data
>>>if you want to survive as programmer i advice you not to do this
>>>
>>>Better put messageboxes in the programm that appear everywehre after the licence is no longer valid someting like "licence expired"
>>>
>>>dirk
>>
>>Yeah, like nag messages that make practical use of the prog really annoying and drive him "off his cake" (like the ones you get on trial s/w when the period is over" :-)
>
>Another way is to go into demo mode, maybe limiting the max number of records the app can handle.

You know, I've often wondered if it's possble/legal to have the code, whilst in memory, delete its own .exe file so that, after it's closed, it can't be run again. Always meant to try this but always forgot/was too lazy/too busy, etc.