Free UpdatePROTECT in SetupBuilder 5.2 Developer!

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SetupBuilder 5 Developer Edition includes a variety of features designed
to help you manage access to your software, including serial number lists
and date-based or version-based expiration.

UpdatePROTECT is an integral part of the SetupBuilder 5.2 Developer Edition
flagship now. You can quickly generate "Subscription Keys" to protect
your updates. This technology is well suited for software subscription
services in which the end-users subscribe, for instance on a monthly,
quarterly, semi-annually, etc. basis.

At the end of the subscription period, end-users will have the option of
extending the subscription or simply continuing their current version. But
end-users will no longer be able to utilize product updates released after
the subscription expiration date/version. With UpdatePROTECT, the
subscription renewal is easy and simple. You only have to send a new
"Subscription Key" to your end-user.

If you distribute software to others - within a department, company, or to
the public - ensuring that your users can install the software smoothly
should be a major concern. SetupBuilder 5 can help ease your mind.

SoftVelocity, Inc. uses SetupBuilder to create service packs (patches) for
Clarion 6.2. The size of the entire set of Clarion 6.2 "Gold" update files
is more than 50 MB. The SetupBuilder byte-level patching mechanism reduces
this to 3.6 MB (93% reduction) to keep Internet bandwidth to a minimum!

For more information please visit http://www.lindersoft.com/setupscript.htm

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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5

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Now THIS is something Inno doesn't offer! Cool!

Gustavo

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Friedrich,

> UpdatePROTECT is an integral part of the SetupBuilder 5.2 Developer
> Edition
> flagship now. You can quickly generate "Subscription Keys" to protect
> your updates. This technology is well suited for software subscription

Could SetupBuilder use information stored in Armadillo Keys instead of it's
own keys?

Carlos Gutierrez

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Second to that!

Edvard Korsbæk

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Carlos,

At the moment this is not possible.

Charles Edmonds and I are working on an interface to support his upcoming
SoftDefense and RegKISS technology from within the SetupBuilder IDE. I am
not an Armadillo expert, so perhaps Charles has some ideas on this one.

Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5

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I see how to implement the generation of subscription keys but what else
needs to be done Friedrich in order for this to work? Is the subscription
key stored in the registry? Do we as developers need to write the bit that
updates the registry with a new key when issued?

Colin Wynn

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Colin,

> I see how to implement the generation of subscription keys but what else
> needs to be done Friedrich in order for this to work? Is the subscription
> key stored in the registry? Do we as developers need to write the bit that
> updates the registry with a new key when issued?

It depends on your installation design. Here is what we do in our
SetupBuilder 5 installations:

We write the "Subscription Key" to the registry (the installer handles
this). A full install always checks if the "Subscription Key" is already
available. If this is the case, it fills the appropriate installer dialog
so the user does not have to "copy and paste" it in again. But the user
has the option to enter a new key.

In our SetupBuilder 5 (partial) web updates, we always read the
"Subscription Key" from the registry. If it does not exists, no web update
can be performed. Of course, you can prompt for a "Subscription Key" in
your updates if no key is available. You can do whatever you want!

At the end of the SetupBuilder 5 subscription period (or if the user
extended his subscription), the user can enter a new "Subscription Key"
from within the SetupBuilder IDE. In this case, the application "updates"
the registry.

Does this help?

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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5

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Thank you Friedrich, now can you put that in your online help please?

Colin Wynn

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Hi Friedrich,

This makes SB one of the most powerfull installer in the world, well SB5 is
already the most powerfull.

One question:
Will it be possible to update the "Subscription Key" on the user side
without him having to enter anything?
Something like an automatic "Subscription Key" entry via the SB
installation.

Regards

Johan de Klerk

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> This makes SB one of the most powerfull installer in the world, well SB5 is
> already the most powerfull.

.... indeed it is!

> One question:
> Will it be possible to update the "Subscription Key" on the user side
> without him having to enter anything?
> Something like an automatic "Subscription Key" entry via the SB
> installation.

Johan,

One of the features we have working on for our RegKISS product will allow
you to do this.

You will be able to use our KeyCast feature to send updated subscription
keys (along with a new Armadillo keys as needed) directly to the program so
that the user does not have to type it in manually.

This feature also makes using a two-key registration code system a breeze.

;-)

Charles


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