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on 8/18/00 2:13 AM, Christian Schmitz at reply at christians-software dot de
wrote:
> Then RS should allow the plugin writers to create some copy protection.
> You should not be able to get a plugin with copying it with resedit out
> of a app and dropping it on a util which displays all informations.
I don't think we need to do anything to provide copy protection for
plug-ins. Simply add a method to your plug-ins that takes a serial number as
a parameter, checks the serial number to make sure it's a good one, then
sets a flag that is checked internally by the plug-in. If the developer
doesn't call the routine to validate their serial number before they call
any other routines, the plug-in should do nothing.
This is how plug-ins in the 4D world work.
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