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echo: os2prog
to: Bruno Rassaerts
from: Colin Thomson
date: 1994-08-09 22:35:08
subject: Registration

Hello Bruno,

BR> Some Shareware programs I have seen have the ability to 
BR> check if you expired the evaluation time. Now I have 
BR> noticed that they don't change the program and that they 
BR> don't write something in some .ini file. Where are they 
BR> saving that information.
BR> I am writing some shareware programs of my own and I think 
BR> that this could be very intresting to force people to 
BR> register.

My guess would be that the info will be stuck on the extended
attributes of some file or directory - not necessarily one associated
with the program in question, maybe just a file that would be on every
system.

Colin.

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