Re: detect previous installation
site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Some common solutions: - or you could save it into the Internet Config data base - if your program runs as root, you have plenty of locations to hide it. On vendredi, juillet 20, 2007, at 07:47 PM, Chad Wagner wrote: On Jul 20, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Michael Watson wrote: There is no facility of this sort, and for good reason. :-) _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... - save a file with the timestamp in a not obvious location or using invisible, '.' prefix tricks. - depending on whether you want different user accounts on the same machine to be eligible for a demo period or not, you may want to save this timestamp in a location accessible by all users. - let user access to demo mode by providing them a serial number that expires. I'm just trying to prevent (within reason) the user from defeating a timed demo period. I probably missed it, but what is the overall goal you're trying to accomplish? This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com
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Stéphane Sudre