Set Expiry date for the Installer itself

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aziaaddini
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Set Expiry date for the Installer itself

Postby aziaaddini » Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:48 pm

Hi,
Is there a way to set a date for the expiry of the Installer itself so it wont run the installer if it passes that date.
Lets say Im building an installer and its Jan 2017 and I want it not to run and just show a message box that the installer has expired, if they try to run it after 20t Feb 2017. Is there a way to set that?
Thank you in advance for your help.

FrancescoT
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Re: Set Expiry date for the Installer itself

Postby FrancescoT » Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:41 pm

Dear Aziaaddini,

there aren't built in methods that can be used to set an expiration date of the installer. Anyway, you could always write a small script code that verifies the system date of the target machine ("DATE" pre-defined script variable) in order to conditionally terminate the install.

Alternatively, you may use the "Trialware and DRM page" (From IA IDE -> Design View -> Deployment) to protect your applications using InstallAware Digital Rights Management.

Hope this helps you.

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Francesco Toscano
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