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Pointeman
Joined: 07 Sep 2010 Posts: 56
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:13 pm Post subject: Need Additional & Accessable LicenseKey Table Column! |
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Product Suggestion:
1. Need additional LicenseKey Table Column for 'other' Software Dev stuff.
2. Must be Code Accessable.
Purpose:
I have critical user info that I don't want to include in ProductInfo because it results in a very long License Key.
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Just included our 'Client Info' string within the 'ProductInfo' column and License Tracker created a 320 char license key. Before with only minimal product info (prod name, ver, ver#) the license key was 140 chars which is still very long. |
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Infralution
Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 5027
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:02 am Post subject: |
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We are considering adding the ability to upload data to the Authentication server which would be included in the license file when the user authenticates their license key.
At the moment if you need to provide a large amount of data to the user then you would need to provide this separately (as a file for instance) and then include a checksum on this file/data in the ProductInfo. That way you could guarantee it matches the license key.
You should also think about whether you really need to include the information you are currently puting in the ProductInfo. For instance the Product Name, version etc are normally attributes you would extract from your application assemblies - rathe than the license key. _________________ Infralution Support |
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Pointeman
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Agreed! We've been using downloaded license files, so content length has never been a problem.
Q. Is there a way now to save extra data into the .lic file?
We're using the web service authorization setup. |
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Infralution
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:45 am Post subject: |
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You could override or modify the AuthenticatedLicenseProvider WriteLicense and ReadLicense methods to write/read additional data into the license file. However there isn't any mechanism at the moment to get additional data to the client application from the Authentication Server. _________________ Infralution Support |
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Pointeman
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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I will need assistance on 'Override' or 'modify' AuthenticatedLicenseProvider WriteLicense and ReadLicense methods. |
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Pointeman
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:31 am Post subject: |
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I will need assistance on 'Override' or 'modify' AuthenticatedLicenseProvider WriteLicense and ReadLicense methods.
This would at least allow the end-user to insert Name, Email, etc upon entering the Auth Key they copy-n-paste from our web site. We like to add this extra info in our products 'About' window. Makes for a more personalized appearance. Later we could use your Authenticate method to actually download the xtra info. Until then, need help with your suggestion on 'Override' or 'modify'... |
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Infralution
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:06 am Post subject: |
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While you could override the ReadLicense/WriteLicense method I think it would probably make your life difficult if we add the functionality you want (downloading data from the Authentication Server) in a later release. Because you would have to deal with different possibly incompatible formats for the License file. For this reason I think it would be better if you simply stored this additional data in your own separate file or registry entry. _________________ Infralution Support |
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Pointeman
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, settled.
Q. What date and version do you hope to release this new feature? |
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Infralution
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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I think would could probably add that feature in the next feature release (which would probably be version 4.8). Realistically that is probably a few months away as we are currently in the middle of some major upgrades to other products. _________________ Infralution Support |
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Pointeman
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, great support. |
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Infralution
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:02 am Post subject: |
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Version 5 of ILS has now been released and includes the ability to set additional "AuthenticationData" for license keys when you generate them. This data is then downloaded when the license key is authenticated and saved in the license file. The authentication data can either be a normal string or formatted XML. The application can access it via the the AuthenticatedLicense.AuthenticationData property.
Also included in Version 5 is the ability to upload additional "ApplicationData" from the application when it authenticates license keys. To do this you override the AuthenticatedLicenseProvider.GetApplicationData method. The data returned is uploaded to the authentication service. _________________ Infralution Support |
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