To Run setup to verify Correct Serial Key And Unique Key

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I have one form say Validation.cs which ask for Product Key and Unique Key ,

When User Input Unique which is Hardware ID check with some code , and than if that

match with HardWare Id , It takes joined Product key from database according to HardWare

Id , and match with User Input , if valid it should continue setup if not valid ask for

valid Unique Id and Product Key .

Thank you so much for Help :D i dont know how to do this :(

Posted 11-May-15 19:05pm

Anynomus Anynomus

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-May-15 2:18am

Do you mean that if the customer upgrades some hardware, your software she/he paid for is supposed to deny its operation?
—SA

Anynomus Anynomus 12-May-15 2:58am

well it will be free for client but if they upgrade hardware they can request for new product key with their matching hardware ID , i work for one company i just try to make what they require or wants to do , they want setup with product key which can run only on one computer so i took this as good solution

virusstorm 12-May-15 11:17am

Your workflow has a slight issue, how can the user input the hardware ID when you won't know what the hardware ID is until the application runs on the computer?

I have done similar things before and this isn't a simple process. The overall process is as follows:

Initial Run
1.) Run installer/application on client's computer
2.) User enters the Serial Key
3.) Register the serial key with the generated hardware ID
4.) Perform install or run application.
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Subsequent runs
1.) Launch application
2.) Verify hardware ID and serial key -> If match failure, exit application
3.) Allow user to do activities

Anynomus Anynomus 13-May-15 1:13am

Can I access or Validate Serial Key from Database from Installer Class ? and i have thought about same before but i thought if there is some way with i can verify both key from database during setup time from installer class , Thank you so much for your Response :D and Help

virusstorm 13-May-15 10:36am

What kind of install are you using? A lot of installer frameworks have ways to add logic to validate your serial key.

Anynomus Anynomus 14-May-15 1:59am

i am getting user ID and Serial key as Input while setup using Custom Action , I wanna do is wanna validate those input from database , cause if i wont do that i have to write those separate key for every client everytime before making installation .

virusstorm 14-May-15 10:29am

What is the installer framework you are using?

I'm assuming your application is running on a computer that is not connect to your network. This means in order to validate anything, your installer will need to call a web service of some kind.

Anynomus Anynomus 15-May-15 1:10am

I am really sorry i dont know whats that i am using Visual studio 2010 , Microsoft .Net FrameWork 4.5 , Sqlite as Database btw thanks a lot for response no i dont want to use online validation i want to do offline validation from database :D

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