How to create a "Product Key" in C# ?

3 Feb 2006 7:48 PM

Stefano Del Furia

Hi all,
i would like to know if someone knows how to create a product key in C#
for an application.
I would have the capability of generate a key (like windows product key)
based on some values (for examples client's name maxValues, maxClients,
etc) , values that i can retrieve inside my application.
Could someone point me to the right directions ???
Thanks in advance
Stefano

3 Feb 2006 8:05 PM

john smith

Stefano Del Furia wrote:

> Hi all,
> i would like to know if someone knows how to create a product key in C#
> for an application.
> I would have the capability of generate a key (like windows product key)
> based on some values (for examples client's name maxValues, maxClients,
> etc) , values that i can retrieve inside my application.
> Could someone point me to the right directions ???
> Thanks in advance
> Stefano

Licensing questions like that are asked all the time... I remember
answering questions very similar to this like 3 or 4 times at least in
the last month. Try searching google groups (I tried "C# licensing" on
the first try and it did have relevant results)

3 Feb 2006 10:40 PM

grant

If you are willing to consider a commercial solution take a look at
Infralution's Licensing System (www.infralution.com/licensing.html).
It generates keys using a public key encryption system and allows you
to embed custom information in the key. It is also quite inexpensive
($US80).

Regards
Grant Frisken
Infralution

Stefano Del Furia wrote:
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> Hi all,
> i would like to know if someone knows how to create a product key in C#
> for an application.
> I would have the capability of generate a key (like windows product key)
> based on some values (for examples client's name maxValues, maxClients,
> etc) , values that i can retrieve inside my application.
> Could someone point me to the right directions ???
> Thanks in advance
> Stefano

3 Feb 2006 11:51 PM

Ken Cox - Microsoft MVP

You might want to check out Microsoft's ShareWare Starter kit.

http://sharewarestarterkit.com/Default.aspx

It looks like there's license and activation source code there.

Ken

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> Hi all,
> i would like to know if someone knows how to create a product key in C#
> for an application.
> I would have the capability of generate a key (like windows product key)
> based on some values (for examples client's name maxValues, maxClients,
> etc) , values that i can retrieve inside my application.
> Could someone point me to the right directions ???
> Thanks in advance
> Stefano

4 Feb 2006 1:33 PM

Christopher Reed

The link below didn't work for me, but I found another one:

http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/archive/2005/07/10/437293.aspx

--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

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"Ken Cox - Microsoft MVP" <BANSPAMkjopc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You might want to check out Microsoft's ShareWare Starter kit.
>
> http://sharewarestarterkit.com/Default.aspx
>
> It looks like there's license and activation source code there.
>
> Ken
>
> "Stefano Del Furia" <de***@tech-center.com> wrote in message
> news:op.s4exbfmrvqn431@nemo...
>> Hi all,
>> i would like to know if someone knows how to create a product key in C#
>> for an application.
>> I would have the capability of generate a key (like windows product key)
>> based on some values (for examples client's name maxValues, maxClients,
>> etc) , values that i can retrieve inside my application.
>> Could someone point me to the right directions ???
>> Thanks in advance
>> Stefano
>
>