I have an application, already developed and now I would like to create a Demo Version, based on the quantity of time the software has been opened.

For e.g., if a person has opened the Trial Version after 30 times, he will be informed by a dialogue message telling him that "the evaluation copy has expired".

If anyone can guide/help me on this stat up script, I would really appreciate.

 

try something like this

trial.fmp12

You could do something like this:

# First time log in as Demo

If [ not RESOURCE::Demo_flag ]

Set Field [ RESOURCE::Demo_flag ; 1 ]

Set Field [ RESOURCE::Demo_End_TimeStamp ; Get ( CurrentTimeStamp ) + 864000 ] // 10 days for example

Show Custom Dialog [ "Welcome to My Program" ] ;

"You have 10 days to use this Demo. Enjoy exploring."

 

Else If [ Get ( CurrentTimeStamp ) >= RESOURCE::Demo_End_TimeStamp ]

Show Custom Dialog [ "GAME OVER" ;

"The Demo time has expired. Be a part of Changing the world by purchasing My Program Today...."

If [ Get ( LastMessageChoice ) = 1 ]

Open URL [ "http://mywebdomain.com/PurchaseMySoftwarePage" ]

Perform Script [ "Re-Register License" ; Parameter: 1 ]

Else

Close File [ Current File ]

End If

 

# Alert Every time log in if 7 days or less to end of DEMO

Else If [ RESOURCE::Demo_End_TimeStamp - Get ( CurrentTimeStamp ) <= Get ( CurrentTimeStamp ) ≤ 604800

Show Custom Dialog [ "Alert" ;

"You have only "  &
 
Round ( GetAsNumber ( RES_RESOURCE::Demo_End_TimeStamp - Get ( CurrentTimestamp ) ) / 86400 ; 0 ) & 

" Days remaining on this Demo." & ¶ & "Are you ready to change the world with My Software?" & ¶ & 
"Yes, will cancel the demo and allow you to enter a full registration key from a purchase or subscription on our site."

If [ Get ( LastMessageChoice ) = 1 ]

Open URL [ "http://mywebdomain.com/PurchaseMySoftwarePage" ]

Perform Script [ "Re-Register License" ; Parameter: 1 ]

End If

End If

 

You can have other scripts checking if this is a Demo to disable certain features, etc., A  reset Demo Script for you as the developer and so on.

 

Cheers,

Ben