Java Help - Building Software with Evaluation Period

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Building Software with Evaluation Period

tony vee

2004-03-27, 12:29 am

Hi

Very shortly I may have to build a java web application for Tomcat which has
a 30 day evaluation period built into it. Just the standard thing - you can
use it for 30 days, and once this has expired, the software becomes
unuseable until the user buys a key to fully activate the product. Could
anyone provide me with links/info as to how I would go about doing this in
Java. I know this is vague, but in terms of knowledge on how to achieve
this, I am right at the beginning

Also, links to pages on how to build a web site which accepts and validates
credit cards would be very helpful. I may have to do the whole lot (shop and
software)!

Any and all information would be very much appreciated

Tony

Carla Lamp

2004-03-27, 12:30 am

"tony vee" <tonyvieitez@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<yAU6c.704$94.90@newsfe1-win>...
> Hi
>
> Very shortly I may have to build a java web application for Tomcat which has
> a 30 day evaluation period built into it. Just the standard thing - you can
> use it for 30 days, and once this has expired, the software becomes
> unuseable until the user buys a key to fully activate the product. Could
> anyone provide me with links/info as to how I would go about doing this in
> Java. I know this is vague, but in terms of knowledge on how to achieve
> this, I am right at the beginning
>
> Also, links to pages on how to build a web site which accepts and validates
> credit cards would be very helpful. I may have to do the whole lot (shop and
> software)!
>
> Any and all information would be very much appreciated
>
> Tony

One obvious way is to build it as a server/client application. You own
the server and and cut off clients after the 30 days has passed.

Another way is to use the honor system.

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