One of my biggest design goals from the begining of Serial Key Maker was to make it as easy as possible to use. I believe I got fairly close to that lofty goal. However, some of the feedback I have been getting tells me I have more work to do.
The common theme in comments is that the user does not know where to start – or it is not as obvious as it could be.
To that end, I am making the following changes that will be implemented in the next release of Serial Key Maker:
Code Blocks: I am going to add code blocks to the VS IDE during installation. These will be drag-n-drop blocks of code that the user will be able insert directly into their code that will give them a start in implementing Serial Key Maker.
No Code Option! Starting with the next release of the Professional Version of Serial Key Maker, you will have the ability to implement license key protection and validation without writing a single line of code!
The way I am implementing this idea is via a “wrapper” that my application will create. You will drag your application on to the Serial Key Maker client user interface, choose a few simple options, and click “Generate”. Serial Key Maker will take your application and wrap it with the License Key Validation, and spit out a new EXE.You then distribute this new EXE to your users. When it is launched, my wrapper will take care of looking for the license key, allowing the user to enter it and then validating that it is good.
The side effect of this is now users can implement license key protection for ALL windows based applications! It does not matter if the application is written and compiled in C++, Java, or is even a Word, Excel or PDF document. All of these can now be protected with Serial Key Maker’s implementation of License Key protection.
As mentioned this will only be avilable in the professional version of Serial Key Maker.
I am really excited about this change. It opens up new potential users to Serial Key Maker, but more importantly, it gets closer towards my goal of “very easy to implement”. As a bonus, it also gives non-developers a very easy way to protect their electronic intelectual property too!
I expect to get the next version tested and out by the end of August.
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