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Trialware is software designed to stop working after a certain period of time. See also [tag:time-bomb].

Trialware is software designed to stop working after a certain period of time. This is a common feature in shareware applications; the user may use the software for a trial period, and is then asked to either pay for the full version or stop using the trialware. Functionality may be reduced or stopped entirely.

Contrast with a , which stops working on a particular date.

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Windows: where can I store data secretly in order to implement a time-limited demo?

I'm writing a Windows app that has a time limited demo. There's not going to be a server that the app can phone home to, so I need to store data on the system in order to figure out if the demo has been started and how much time is remaining. The…
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Error message when trying to start an expired trial UWP app downloaded from the Windows Store -- "A device attached to the system is not functioning"

I'm trying to understand how the trial licensing works for my Win32 app that I converted to a UWP app using the Desktop Bridge. The app was submitted to the Windows Store as a paid app ($1.99 per copy) with a 1 day trial. So I downloaded it as a…
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Time limit in an executable

How can I make an executable in linux ubuntu with time constraint meaning that I want the executable to run only for 90 days in the machine where I deploy it? So the user can only use the executable for 90 days and not more. Similar to some…
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Extend trial period of a software

I am curious as to how some applications know if my trial period is over. Even if I uninstall the software, and reinstall it, how can the software know if my trial period is over ? Simple tricks like changing the date and time are futile. The…
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How to make an Android application work only for some trial period

I have an application which should work only for 30 days or few days. It's just a simple application which has some audio files playing to corresponding to images displayed with some text displayed.
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Android, How to check trial period of application is expired?

There are several packages in my application that user can select each one according to different prices. In server side I store some information of client such as device Id, Android Id and etc. Based on the package that user choose, for example…
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How to use InstallShield 2012 TrialWare feature with 64 bits application?

I'm trying to use trialware feature on my setup. Main application is a c# .net application which target any cpu (32 bits and 64 bits). So i created a pure win32 dll in c++ and wrapped it using trialware. Loaded by [ImportDll] in c# code, it works…
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A way to make executable only work for certain time in Python

So, let's say i am working with a potentially unsavory employer and i wish to provide only a "trial run" of my software. I have an app in python turned windows executable through something like pyinstaller. Is there a way to make that app track…
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What is the most secure manner of making a trial version of an OS X app?

I am interested in making a trial version of an application I am distributing via the Mac App Store. What is the most secure manner of doing so? Simply writing the first run date into user defaults seems a little easy to circumvent.
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Correct way of implementing a Time Trial version for iOS apps

Apple has finally accepted submissions of Time Trial versions for Apps and in their latest guidelines, at paragraph 3.1.1 they do recommend implementing them as FREE In-app purchases ("Non-Consumable IAP item at Price Tier 0"). I have done so, but…
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Set trial date on stripe dashboard only refer to plans not create them in my app using stripe

Not sure if the title makes sense, I will say this question is very similar to the one I posted yesterday but no response on seen here. I have a user sign up and select a plan, once they are set to said plan there is a trial day limit set using the…
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Trial version for javaFx application

i created my project on javaFx and also i generated a license key for it but i want to limit this licence after 30 days.I have do it with registry value storing the date with adding 30 days. but i found that if the user change the system date before…
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How to make a trialware?

Possible Duplicate: how can i make my product as a trial version for 30 days ? Dear all, Recently I have developed a software for windows and I want to make a trial version out of it for advertisement. The trial version I have in mind should be…
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Add an expiry to win32 software using visual studio 2013

Hi I have made a software which now I have to send to a colleague of mine. However I need to add an expiry so that the software stops running after 10 hours of total use. I don't know how to begin to go about this challenge. Can you direct me to…
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Time trial version of a program

I want to create a trial version of a program for my customer. I want to give him/her some time to test the program (7 days in this case). I have this command in the application (in *.py file): if os.path.isfile('some_chars.txt') or…
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