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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / September 2006VBA Module: Time Limitation
Hello Guys, Our coder built our software as a VBA module for MSAccess. It is turning out to be a great software, we would like to be able to limit potential customers access to it for 30 Days, basically give them a working copy (Demo) for 30 days. Does Anyone know how I could do this? If you have the expiry date hard coded into the application and you have applied protection to it, you can simply set up an If - End If routine at the beginning of the code that exits if the date has been exceeded (probably displaying a message box would be a good idea).  SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Hello Guys, > Our coder built our software as a VBA module for MSAccess. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Does Anyone know how I could do this? > If you have the expiry date hard coded into the application and you > have applied protection to it, ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ How, exactly, might one do that? SignatureWorking without a .NET? http://classicvb.org/ Karl E. Peterson was telling us: Karl E. Peterson nous racontait que : >> If you have the expiry date hard coded into the application and you >> have applied protection to it, > ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ > > How, exactly, might one do that? I think that Doug is referring to a password set to the template project. SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org > Karl E. Peterson was telling us: > Karl E. Peterson nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I think that Doug is referring to a password set to the template > project. That was my first thought, as well, but those provide no real protection at all? SignatureWorking without a .NET? http://classicvb.org/ Karl E. Peterson was telling us: Karl E. Peterson nous racontait que : >> Karl E. Peterson was telling us: >> Karl E. Peterson nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > That was my first thought, as well, but those provide no real > protection at all? Yes, but most people do not know that. In this case, if protecting the code from prying eyes is important, the whole project should be compiled in a DLL... SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org > Karl E. Peterson was telling us: > Karl E. Peterson nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Yes, but most people do not know that. If by most you mean those who aren't likely to be trying to break into the projects, you're probably right. But don't kid yourself. Anyone who *wants* to get in, will. I know I've had clients who were totally unaware. I'd download their "protected" samples, and within moments start telling them what's wrong with the code, much to their dismay. > In this case, if protecting the code from prying eyes is important, > the whole project should be compiled in a DLL... Key portions, at least, yep. I've helped a good number of folks set that sort of thing up. The key is education, and not letting folks feel a sense of false security. SignatureWorking without a .NET? http://classicvb.org/ Hi Jean-Guy, > >> If you have the expiry date hard coded into the application and you > >> have applied protection to it, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I think that Doug is referring to a password set to the template project. Actually, the OP has an ACCESS (not Word) project. So this approach could work IF he has the Access Developer runtime and compiles to an MDE... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Have you ever met (or even heard of) *anyone* who achieved a good result with an MDE in real world practice? I've met several disasters and nothing that even remotely resembled a success. But only from a very limited sample. > Hi Jean-Guy, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or > reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi Jezebel, > Have you ever met (or even heard of) *anyone* who achieved a good result > with an MDE in real world practice? I haven't discussed this with Access folks, recently. I have to admit that my one venture into the MDE world was less than successful, and I never wanted to get within spitting distance, after that :-) Cindy Meister > I haven't discussed this with Access folks, recently. I have to admit that > my one venture into the MDE world was less than successful, and I never > wanted to get within spitting distance, after that :-) Yep, that sums it up for me too. Cindy M. was telling us: Cindy M. nous racontait que : > Hi Jean-Guy, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > could work IF he has the Access Developer runtime and compiles to an > MDE... That'll teach me not to read the full thread before jumping in! But of course, it is perfectly normal to have an Access question in a Word group... especially a beginner group! ;-) SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org > Cindy M. was telling us: > Cindy M. nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > But of course, it is perfectly normal to have an Access question in a > Word group... especially a beginner group! ;-) Heh, yeah, "ouch." Goes to show me, too. <g> SignatureWorking without a .NET? http://classicvb.org/ And me. I guess I just assumed that as it was posted to a Word newsgroup that somewhere along the way a Word template was being used. SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP >> Cindy M. was telling us: >> Cindy M. nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Heh, yeah, "ouch." Goes to show me, too. <g>
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