Disable/Stop Exe After Certain Days After Build

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How can i disable the .exe file i have made after certain days like 30 days.
It's not about running trial on pc for 30days but simply disable exe after 30days of build

Posted 17-Feb-13 22:22pm

Hetal Jariwala

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Rumnha · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-17T22:36:00

Solution 1

You can run a background thread to compare current date with the build date after every 12/24 hours interval.

Posted 17-Feb-13 22:36pm

Rumnha

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Hetal Jariwala 18-Feb-13 4:41am

but it's gng to run on diffrent pcs

Hetal Jariwala 18-Feb-13 4:41am

and diffrent clients will access them on diffrent tym

Rumnha 18-Feb-13 4:45am

You have one .exe per pc running on different pcs. And .exe has the code to compare dates. Why do you think this will not work?

H.Brydon 18-Feb-13 15:27pm

Creating a background thread for this isn't a great way to do it. Simply add a small API that you check every now and then whenever you do something 'important' that compares the current date with build date. This API could be probably 10 lines of code. You don't need a separate thread for that.

Rumnha 18-Feb-13 21:57pm

Thanks Brydon for looking into this and I would like to learn from you why it isn't a great way to have background thread which check build date after a configurable interval.

Hetal Jariwala · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19T01:33:00

Solution 2

using below method and validate to server also
How to make trail of Software using c#[^]

Posted 19-Feb-13 1:33am

Hetal Jariwala

Sm.Abdullah · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19T08:55:00

if you think internet connection is available where your .exe is going to be run.
then you can make a web request "http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now.json" it will return you current date and time. then you can compare this date with your build date and disable your .exe.
the advantage of this is
1 : it will insure that your .exe file will not work after 30 days. even user has refreshed windows cause it is PC independent.
2 : the above solution fails if user change the date time or set to early days just exception
cause your current date time is the local date time of the PC
how to make a web request in c# ?

C#

var http = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now.json");
var response = http.GetResponse();

var stream = response.GetResponseStream();
var sr = new StreamReader(stream);
var jsonCurrentDate= sr.ReadToEnd();
//jsonCurrentDate fetch date and time from this.
// and code accordingly