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On 08/05/2004, at 3:45 AM, James H H Lampert wrote:
We have a small program we upload ahead of the product in our web-based
installation utility, that retrieves that information (so a
trial-period
authorization code can be automatically generated and installed) and
puts
it into an escape message (using CPF9898), which was the only way I
could
find at the time for a program to return its output through an FTP
connection.
I seem to recall you saying only the other day that you found the
Licensed Program Product APIs too complex and your installation is
effectively a simple restore operation. If you had used the LPP APIs
then you could assign a grace period that would allow a trial period
with no further involvement. Certainly easier than stuffing about with
side-effects of FTP and will continue to work across OS upgrades.
Why do you need a trial key? Just build in a grace period that stops
the product working without a valid key after a specific number of
days. Of course you need to make the grace period persistent so a
simple delete and restore does not re-enable the grace period but again
the LPP APIs handle that situation too.
Using the LPP APIs also causes your product to appear in software
inventories such as DSPSFWRSC, WRKLICINF, GO LICPGM, and the OpsNav
versions of the same. They also give you the ability to build proper
PTFs and use the LODPTF/APYPTF/RMVPTF process.
Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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