Dynamic server directory?

Hi there!

This is a bit of unorthodox scenario so please bear with me 🙂

I'm about to release an application where the idea is to charge users for a subscription for updates over a certain period (like a year) rather than just charging for the software. The idea is that it makes pirating less attractive since you won't have access to continuous updates.

I've looked at wybuild/automatic updater (which looks like a very attractive option) on how to best implement this alternative. The scenario would be something like this

1) The user registers and gets a serial identifying him as a registered user

2) When checking for updates (automatically in the background) the server goes to a webservice, checks whether the user is still subscribed, it can also log which ip the user is accessing from and what version they're requesting so that abused serials can be banned

3) Having been granted access to the update the server returns a string (some random letters) containing the subdir of the latest update. Sets automaticupdater to check that server subdirectory and prompt the user when the update is downloaded and ready

Could this kind of scenario be supported with wybuild/automaticupdater somehow, ie setting the server url to check dynamically for instance?

Nevermind, just found the -server commandline option for wyupdate, rtfm 🙂 Guess I'll just have to see how I can integrate it with the automaticupdater control

best regards

We also describe how you can limit updates in these 2 articles:

  1. How to prevent or limit updates
  2. SaaS and time-limited licensing

Ah, that's even better, thanks!

PS. You might want to expand the FAQ though for questions like this though since it's the first (and perhaps only) place one tends to look for answers and then you don't have to put up with stupid questions like these 🙂 Anyways, thanks again, I'll definitively will be purchasing your product. DS.

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