Mel -

I hadn't thought of forcing a reinstall. That's good. After 30 days from the first install run Object.Install(lNeedInstall) but change txtSerialNo.Visible to .T. fist. I like it. Thanks!

- Mike

>Hi Michael,
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>>I would like to distribute my app free as a promotional tool. I would like the app to not require a serial number for the first 30 days after which I would like the serial number to be required to run the app. How can I do it?
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>I haven't had time to do this yet, but see the Codemine GenCode.prg for how CodeMine can handle serial#'s. The help says "To require a serial number, set the serial number control's visible property (txtSerialNo.Visible) to .T., in page 1 of frmAppInstallDialog in source\appForms.vcx."
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>I would think you would set this to .F. for 30 days, then require the serial# by forcing a re-install of the app so the user is forced to enter the serial#.
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>Hope this gets you started in the direction.
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>Mel Cummings