Stephen
why not have an imbeded simple table in the exe that holds a date field.
on the load of the program it cecks to see if the date field is empty. if it is it installs the start date. if not empty then it checks this date to system date?
>umm, it ain't free Nicholas
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>I am looking for a coding solution that I can insert into my program
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>>Stephen
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>>try
http://www.microcosm.co.uk is you want to buy copy control software. I've used this and it works .
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>>Nick Mason
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>>>Hello evrybody
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>>>can I ask what are some preferred ways to secure a program to be a demo only? ya know no long term use
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>>>thanks people