Require a serial number for installation

[Jason L James]

Hi all,

many commercial apps require that a serial number is
entered during its installation. Does anyone know how
I can duplicate this behaviour in my applications during
the installation phase.

Many thanks,

Jason.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* (e-mail address removed)-master.org (Jason L James) scripsit:

many commercial apps require that a serial number is
entered during its installation. Does anyone know how
I can duplicate this behaviour in my applications during
the installation phase.

You will find some information about the .NET licensing features here:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconlicensingcomponentscontrols.asp>
<URL:http://windowsforms.net/articles/Licensing.aspx>

 

[Jason L James]

Herfried,

these example look at licensing components. I would like
to have the user enter a valid serial number when they
install an application like you have to when installing
MS Office for example, and check to make sure that it
is a valid license code. I thought that there was a way to
do this during the installation of the app.

Any thoughts?

Jason.