>>>>>>Hi All,
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>>>>>>I developed a copy-protect method with some utitilies from UT and other VFP sources. It looks cpu, hdd serial etc...
>>>>>>I was use .dbf file and lock one record for each user when developing .dbf based applications for RDP users.
>>>>>>How can I control active user counts at SQL Server?
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>>>>>You can use the same idea as in VFP. Every time the user log in, you create a new record in the table, say, Logins, and in the application destroy you update this record with the logout time.
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>>>>It works fine until someone forget to exit the program, in other words it will fail pretty soon.
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>>>True, but you can have a test within VFP application for the inactivity and release application (and update login tables) for long periods of inactivity.
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>>I know that it's possible, but it's a pain in practice.
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>What are the alternatives?

No idea right now.