Hi Wayne,

>Could you make it a subscription service on the internet - ie, web based? >Then just enable/disable the user's account as necessary?
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>If not, a web service would seem to be a good fit for this - have your >application allow the user to enter payment information then send it to a >web service (securely). The web service provides a key/date that you >encrypt to allow the program to run.

I don't really have a clue where to start with either of these, but I'll do my homework and see what I come up with.

The web service seems like a good fit.

Mel Cummings