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Hi all, can anyone help with how to make a publication expire after a certain date. i.e if a publication set to say expire on 31 October 2010 and is run it just stops and exits. I need to set a date before each compile for it to expire and exit on the new date. I have read various posts but can't seem to find an answer on hot to set an actual date for a publication to expire. Thanks for any help anyone can offer - appreciated. Regards

Something like this do what you want...
Drop it into a page script on your entry page..
The pub will exit immediately once the pub has expired, but you can send the user to another page with info on the expiry...

//#################################

myDate = "31 Oct 2010" // hardwire in required expiry date...

var futureDate = Date.parse(myDate);

var myDate2 = new Date();
var currDate = myDate2.getTime();

if ((currDate >= futureDate)){
ReallyExitPublication();
}

//#################################

In theory the user can wind back the computer clock to keep the pub working, but that will usually cause problems with other software they are using.
Most people will not do this...
You can use a similar script to check the date is past the time you compiled the pub as well.

cheers
Paul

Thanks Paul, terrific as that is perfect. I will be putting the date and time on my first screen so if date turned back will be obvious to users. Thanks a million for your time - appreciated.

Hi again Paul, many thanks for your script - out of curiosity, how would I send them to an "Out of Date Screen" - thanks in advance.

If the name of your "Out of Date Screen" page is, for example, "Expired"
change the last part of the script to

if ((currDate >= futureDate)){
GotoPage("Expired");
}


Paul

Thanks for your time Paul - much appreciated. I ended up with the following script and thought maybe other less experienced like myself may be interested: Just need to remember to change the date to whatever needed before publishing.

Thanks again Paul for stearing me in the right direction.

//#################################
myDate = "31 Oct 2010" // hardwire in required expiry date...
var futureDate = Date.parse(myDate);
var myDate2 = new Date();
var currDate = myDate2.getTime();
if ((currDate >= futureDate)){
GotoPage("MainPage_ENGLISH")
}
else
{
GotoPage("MainMenu_ENGLISH")
}
//#################################