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Expire my Application After a Certain Number of Executions

To make your application expire after a certain number of executions, store a value in the registry the first time the program is run, and increment it every consecutive time the program is run. Then, every time the program is run, check the stored value.

To accomplish this:

-- Set the number of times allowed

times_allowed = 30;

 

-- Retrieve the number of times run and convert the value to a number

times_run = Application.LoadValue("My Application", "Has Been Run");

times_run = String.ToNumber(times_run);

 

-- Calculate the number of allowed run times remaining

times_remaining = (times_allowed - times_run)

 

-- Check if this is the first time the application has been run

-- Save the new number of times run value

if times_run == 0 then

   Application.SaveValue("My Application", "Has Been Run", "1");

else

   Application.SaveValue("My Application", "Has Been Run", (times_run + 1));

end

 

-- Check if the application has been run more times than allowed

if times_run > times_allowed then

   Dialog.Message("Trial Period Over", "This software has expired");

   Application.Exit();

else

   Dialog.Message("Trial Period", "You can run this program "..times_remaining.." more times.");

end

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