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is there a function or a program out there to protect a macro from getting handed out to more users.
Like if I give a file to someone is there anything that I can do to make sure that the file only works on that persons pc and not on anyone elses incase he tries to hand it out.
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i dont think you can.
you can look under the shareware documentation to see if that might help.
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yeah, I already looked through that. its not what Im looking for. I have heard of people doing it but I guess they are using some other program besides QM.
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hey i just had a thought....could you "hard code" some info that is specific to the person you send it to into the macro? maybe system id of some sort?
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Interesting, We could do that.
Can You show me a function to get the ID for a pc and show it in a message box.
and how do I code it into the macro?
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you know i'm not really sure of how to get any of that info. G may know but it is something that MS can do cuz that is how they were going to do licensing for Vista.
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ok amost got it with the shareware system. could you ask Gintares how to find the serial # of a pc hard drive.
And if he has a macro that will do it that is even better.
thanks.
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just found how to get the hard drive ID
here is a regcode I generated: the 64438 is the pc ID
788984750E980090=joe%2c%20%3c64438%3e
But couldnt anyone just insert their PC ID in the regcode in place of the one thats there and use the regcode on there pc.
or is there a way to encrypt that regcode so you cant do that.
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The hard disk serial number together with the name is encrypted to 788984750E980090, and replacing it would make the regcode invalid.
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IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE IT SO THAT U SET THE COMPUTERS NAME? AND EVERY MACRO OR FUNCTION HAS A FUNCTION OR TRIGGER THAT IF PC NAME IS DIFFERANT THEN IT WONT RUN AND SHOW A MESSAGE ERROR. IDK IM JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, BUT YOU COULD MAKE IT SO THAT WHEN THEY FIRST GET THE MACRO FILES THEN YOU HAVE A START UP FUNCTION THAT RUNS AND INTIALIZES THE PC NAME OR USE IP ADDRESS... IDK IS THAT POSSIBLE G?
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If you have
Shareware protection system for macros, you can see how it retrieves hard disk serial number (GetVolumeInformation in SM_About and SM_CanRun). You can change it to retrieve and compare computer name instead. Use function GetUserComputer.
