password protection

[IntoMotion]

Hi. I'm a new client evaluating the software. I'm authoring a CD-ROM for a client. They want the CD-ROM to be protected so that it can only be viewed on one pc per customer.
Is this possible with your software?

Alternatively If I built an installer with your software can I set it up so that it can only be run once so that copying it to another machine would be of no use.

Thinking I could have the client download the installer from the web. It runs once enabling the CD-ROM and then is useless. Client would be prohibited from downloading it another time via web database.

Thanks in advance!

[Adam]

IntoMotion,

An even better solution is to use the Internet -> Submit to Web action to communicate with a server side script. You could then use a database behind your server side script to control the availability of that install. The Submit to Web action can communicate with any server side script that supports basic HTTP Post and Get methods such as ASP, JSP, PHP.

I hope that this helps you. It would save you allot of downloading as the single action would not have to pass any files back and
fourth.

Adam Kapilik

[IntoMotion]

That sounds even better. I'm assuming that if a serial number were found in my database I could just pass a variable to the installer which would permit it to install?

I still would like to know if the installer can delete itself upon completion of the install.

Thanks

[Adam]

IntoMotion,

Yes you can have an install delete itself after it has run. To do this:

- Go to Actions -> Shutdown
- Add a File Operations -> Delete File action
- For the file to delete put %SrcDir%\setup.exe

From my testing this appears to work fine.

Adam Kapilik