Add Expiration date to a Stand-Alone application

[LuisMontoya]

I need to add expiration date to an Stand alone application for security reasons,

this expiration date can be for any time, after that time expired, I need to revalidate the software and start the expiration time again,

any ideas?

Thank you guys.

[altenbach]

Would the Third-Party Licensing and Activation Toolkit work for you?

[Jacobson-ni]

BLT is another toolkit that you might want to look into. Never used it myself but talked to Studio Bods and got a demo from them one NIWeek and I was pretty impressed.

[LuisMontoya]

I'm looking this Third-Party Licensing now, but can't find that "Expiration date" for my Stand Alone application, I will continue investigating, maybe looking for some samples.

[altenbach]

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@LuisMontoya wrote:

I need to add expiration date to an Stand alone application for security reasons

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What are "Security reasons"? How bulletproof does it need to be (e.g. users changing the system date or looking at the binary code of the exe, etc.)? While everything is crackable, you could add an encrypted file to a special location (or a registry entry) that checks for expiration date. If expired, the software would come up in a special mode that only allows updating the expiration file using an activation code. Could be done in one simple init state of a state machine, nothing fancy.