Haven't seen anything. Possibilities would be a date in the program and if past that date the program stops. Site would need to keep updating the download to reflect a later date. Or detect the create date of the library the program is installed in, or save the install date into a member, possibly store as packed data or time stamp to hide the value.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Right. Good input. Thanks. I have shipped software with a hard-coded > expiration date. What I am looking for is a "floating" expiration date that > would be 30 days after installation, whether installed today or a year from > today. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mullen, Patrick > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ever see "automatic" 30-day trials for mainframe software? > > The CICS Betas released over the last few releases (I believe betas were/are > available for 4.2, 5.1 & 5.2) have built in expiry dates. IBM states that > the betas "Contain a disabling device that will prevent it from being used > after the test period ends". > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
