Digital Workshop

Firstly thanks to those who contacted me regarding my previous request.
It has now come apparent I will need to use some type of registration program. So I am looking for a program that will enable the client to log on to our web site and register and down load a license that will activate their program for 12 Months. as we us opus pro we need a program that would work with it.

I look forward to your response

Many of us would like a response to this one, Mark. I believe the nearest solution within Opus requires the user to email you for a keygen after downloading the programme. Hopefully, others can suggest something better - but I doubt it.

Roger

It's feasible. We have a licensing system for our networked programs and have just finished a file validation system for a customer based on a similar idea.

If your website has a database and PHP then I see no reason why a custom activation / machine locking system cannot be developed using Opus to allow a CD-ROM to be access on one machine only.

Mack

As long as you can access an online database (mySQL, SQL Server, etc)using a server side technology (PHP, Perl, Asp, etc) you can set up something that will work.

It is difficult to stop a pub from being installed; so you stop it from working after installation, until permission is given for it to run. Basically you get the pub to send a query to be checked against database records; if it is acceptable you get the pub to write an activation code somewhere on the users computer (or give it to the client to enter manually) that will let the pub be used.
You could also get the pub to poll the online database occasionally for expiry dates, etc.

You will still need to give the client a serial number so you can check the database for multiple installs, probably (depending on your needs) in combination with a unique hardware number from the computer itself.

Paul

You could probably even skip the serial number number bit - simply use the registered email address.

1. Customer buys licence online paying & providing their email.

2. DVD is insert into machine - and publication checks system for valid licence.

3. If no licence is found, machine connects to database, checks against email address provided by installer and create local licence file / key & updates DB fields.

Note: Above file / key is based on your requirements such as number of seats, expiry, etc.

4. Next time DVD is run, machine finds local file / key and process continues.

5. If DVD is run on different machine, then activation is required but as process as already happened on different machine value don't match and activation cannot proceed.

Note: You could also include a deactivation features for people to transfer to a different machine.

Note: As Paul says, use a hardware key. Opus' built in unique key seems tied to the OS installation, not the machine - which is a little unfair for multi-boot users.

Mack