UpdateAllowed with LicenseFeature

Hi

i might have an idea for controlling which user is allowed to update with wyupdate or not.....

i tried to use the license feature of LimeLM and created a property UpdateAllowed.wyUpdate is only executed if the property is set to 1.

The first problem i was facing, is that it doesn't always check the current online data on the client.I need to deactivate and activate again to get the real data.....if i do this, i can really control who is allowed to update or who isn't, due to an expired subscription of my software....

the next problem is, that the user can still execute the wyupdate exe in the explorer....

my suggestion would be to combine wyUpdate and LimeLM by defining a standard property for "UpdateAllowed" inthe LimeLM API.wyUpdate should automatically check if LimeLM is used and stop updating, if the customer isn't allowed to.

if there is another, already existing solution, please tell me.

cheersChris

I don't know if you've read this, but we cover limiting updates in the SaaS and time-limited licensing article.

I need to deactivate and activate again to get the real data.

And if you read the License Features article, you'll see that you don't need to Deactivate & Reactivate to get the latest feature values. Simply call IsGenuine() to see if you need to reactivate. If so just call Activate (no need to call Deactivate).

wyUpdate should automatically check if LimeLM is used and stop updating, if the customer isn't allowed to.

You can actually do this server-side. Simply refusing updates to users without the latest update contract (or however you sell services to your users). We explain such a method in the SaaS and time-limited licensing article.

We also have an example PHP code example in the Web API zip file. Go to your API page to get it.

ok thank you

i didn't find the tutorials and articles, so i was just trying it in my software

cheers

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