What's the best way to set up and implement an activation code for a

Runtime solution? What's the normal way to generate the code? How do you

tie the code to the solution?

Mike

You could use the crypto toolbox plug-in.

http://www.protolight.com/

Bob,

I'm not quite sure how to use the crypto plug in to create such an activation code or the script/calculation needed to verify an accurate or operational code. Could you shed some light on this for me?

thanks

I've never used it myself, so I'm not the best one to explain it. But, I understand that the crypto plug-in can read the hard drive serial number (as well as other machine specific unique codes), and then you can have a startup script check the serial number to make sure that it running only on the authorized machine. I'll leave it to someone else to elaborate.

The crypto toolbox performs 3 functions: It can return the disk serial # of the primary hard drive (C: if in Windows); it will encrypt an alphanumeric string, based on a key that you provide, using various encryption algorithims; it decrypts a string based on the same key, back into the original string. It's easy to use once you've figured out what you really want to do. I've built a copy protection scheme around its capabilities.