Creating Installable exe file and product key generation - uninstallation problem*

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Hi,
I have created a project which contains 20-30 windows forms (using MS Visual studio 2010).It also conatins some database(using SQL server 2008 R2). Now I want to create an installable exe file for my project.please help me to create an installable exe file for my project that can be installed in any version of windows. Also I want to know how to generate a 16/25 digit key code to my project,just like MS office 2007,it will ask for key at installation time if key is not valid it can run in trial version for 30 days.
Please suggest me.

Thanks

Posted 22-Oct-12 6:42am

Abhishek Pant

Updated 22-Oct-12 7:01am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Oct-12 12:52pm

Just three days of trial? I think your trial will end even before someone downloads the trial version -- who would need to work with such a miser?!
--SA

Nelek 22-Oct-12 13:00pm

Maybe he had typo and forgot the "0" ?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Oct-12 14:30pm

Amazingly, OP confirmed your guess :-)
--SA

Abhishek Pant 22-Oct-12 13:01pm

Ya

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Oct-12 14:30pm

Better :-)
--SA

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Nelek · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-22T07:03:00

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About the installable file. If you can not do it with your VS, then I would recommend you to have a look to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inno_Setup[^]

About the install in any version of windows and the trial version... that's another thema and will need more than a simple QA to get answered.

I would say you should start on your own searching in google and come back when you face a concrete Problem

Posted 22-Oct-12 7:03am

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Abhishek Pant 22-Oct-12 13:09pm

I tried this before I questioned; but no solution for database attachment & key management .
Asks for script only,

Nelek 22-Oct-12 13:29pm

Then maybe next time you could say what have you tried?[^]. It will help you to get a better answer. You said nothing about.

Regarding the Licence key. Even if the installator ask for a key, the management of the 30 days (in my opinion) is better to be done in the software (starting the programm)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Oct-12 14:31pm

Agree with you. As to the answer -- this is one of possible solutions. I cannot agree with the vote of 2; I voted 5.
--SA

Nelek 23-Oct-12 3:03am

Thank you, Sergey

Abhishek Pant 22-Oct-12 13:58pm

Then question comes at the same point for key management how to do it?? Can u provide me a link for tutorial.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Oct-12 14:33pm

Did Google banned you already? It would be sad. How about Bing? Microsoft, too? Sorry for you, next time be more careful with search engines.
--SA

Abhishek Pant 22-Oct-12 14:45pm

I can't accept Nelek's solution as its solution.But provides me only half solution of question.And SETUPS CAN BE BUILT BY VISUAL STUDIO 2010 as has setup deployment facility. But I need to know about key management.How to verify that key at startup.
--AP

Nelek 23-Oct-12 3:10am

I was not asking you to accept my answer. And if you read carefully I told: "If you can not make it with your VS, then..."

About the key management there are a lot of possibilities. Two of the easiest could be: Write in the register the date of the installation and then ask for that date and compare (what can be tricked changing Windows clock, so you should take care of it). Writing in the register a number and then substracting one each time the software starts (then could be more than 30 days, as double security for chancing clock).
The more security you want, the more difficult it will to implement.

The number of possibilities is big, that's why we told you to start searching on your own. Choose one method, try it and come back when you face a concrete problem. The maximum you will get here with such a vague question will be opinions.

You asked for help to create it, but you didn't say anything about what you were doing, only asked for a solution. If you want a complete solution, then ask for an offer and hire one specialist.

Abhishek Pant 23-Oct-12 5:02am

ok got it.thanks for building registry idea.it Thanks Nelek.