Any one know how to make users pay for your software

I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some sort
of license key or something to the app so that it can not be used without
payment.

I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in visual
Studio 2008

Anyone know how to do this?

Ignacio
Tue Jul 15 08:53:35 CDT 2008

On Jul 15, 9:16=A0am, "ThatsIT.net.au" <me@work> wrote:
> I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some s=
ort
> of license key or something to the app so that it can not be used without
> payment.
>
> I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in visu=
al
> Studio 2008
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

This is basically a C# NG, so it's not the best place to ask this
question.

There are various ways of doing what you want, you could provide a
trial version with only a few functions active, or you could limit the
amount of data the app can process.

I'm sure that if you look into the archives you will find plenty of
suggestions as this is a recurrent question

Pavel
Tue Jul 15 09:43:14 CDT 2008

On Jul 15, 5:16=A0pm, "ThatsIT.net.au" <me@work> wrote:
> I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some s=
ort
> of license key or something to the app so that it can not be used without
> payment.
>
> I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in visu=
al
> Studio 2008
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

Google for "visual basic .net copy protection" for a start. It gives
plenty of seemingly relevant links on the first page already.

Junior
Tue Jul 15 11:27:27 CDT 2008

Change your name to Tony Soprano.


"ThatsIT.net.au" <me@work> wrote in message
news:A1DB149F-4579-4E02-94E3-45A27752AA5F@microsoft.com...
>I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some
>sort
> of license key or something to the app so that it can not be used without
> payment.
>
> I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in
> visual
> Studio 2008
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

Todd
Tue Jul 15 17:18:49 CDT 2008

ThatsIT.net.au wrote:
> I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some
> sort
> of license key or something to the app so that it can not be used without
> payment.
>
> I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in visual
> Studio 2008
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

You know, Microsoft offers a free shareware starter kit. Why not
download it and see how they do it?

Todd

Grant
Wed Jul 16 01:12:21 CDT 2008

On Jul 15, 11:16=A0pm, "ThatsIT.net.au" <me@work> wrote:
> I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some s=
ort
> oflicensekey or something to the app so that it can not be used without
> payment.
>
> I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in visu=
al
> Studio 2008
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

If you are open to a commercial solution then take a look at
Infralution's Licensing System. It's simple, cost effective and would
save you a lot of work. You can get more information and download an
evaluation version from:

www.infralution.com/licensing.html

Regards
Grant Frisken
Infralution

ThatsIT
Wed Jul 16 04:35:29 CDT 2008

Thanks everyone, I will look into the solutions offered.

"Todd Carnes" <toddcarnes@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:g5jcnc$oe4$1@aioe.org...
> ThatsIT.net.au wrote:
>> I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some
>> sort
>> of license key or something to the app so that it can not be used without
>> payment.
>>
>> I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in
>> visual
>> Studio 2008
>>
>> Anyone know how to do this?
>
> You know, Microsoft offers a free shareware starter kit. Why not download
> it and see how they do it?
>
> Todd
>

Bruce
Fri Jul 18 22:30:11 CDT 2008

This is "microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb". How does that make this
"basically a C# NG"?

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin@gmail.com> wrote in
message
news:47a4b239-32bf-4f57-aaf6-3c2ff91a69bf@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 15, 9:16 am, "ThatsIT.net.au" <me@work> wrote:
> I want to sell a application I'm making, I want to know how to add some
> sort
> of license key or something to the app so that it can not be used without
> payment.
>
> I'm VB.Net and want to distribute it thought the web publish tool in
> visual
> Studio 2008
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

This is basically a C# NG, so it's not the best place to ask this
question.

There are various ways of doing what you want, you could provide a
trial version with only a few functions active, or you could limit the
amount of data the app can process.

I'm sure that if you look into the archives you will find plenty of
suggestions as this is a recurrent question

arne
Fri Jul 18 22:43:58 CDT 2008

Bruce W. Roeser wrote:
> "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin@gmail.com> wrote in
> message news:47a4b239-32bf-4f57-aaf6-3c2ff91a69bf@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jul 15, 9:16 am, "ThatsIT.net.au" <me@work> wrote:
>>> I'm VB.Net
>> This is basically a C# NG, so it's not the best place to ask this
>> question.
> This is "microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb". How does that make this
> "basically a C# NG"?

This thread is cross posted to both the C# and the VB.NET group.

Ignacio reads the C# group and you read the VB.NET group.

So you are both right or both wrong depending on how you define it.

Arne