Windows Application Deployment Process

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Could Someone explain me the process of implementing a Serial key and validate it during deployment of the Windows application using Visual Studio 2005. Deployment is done using Visual Studio Setup Wizard.I need to generate a serial key. and Validate it during Installation. if the entered Key is wrong the Installation process Should not happen.For that I have added Customer information dialog in user interface Which has Serial Number Field. The key Entered in this field Should get validated.And the key should vary, when i install in different systems a new serial key should be generated and get validated.I don't know how to implement this.Someone Please Help... :(

Posted 21-Sep-10 2:43am

thalir

Updated 22-Sep-10 23:36pm

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Sandeep Mewara 21-Sep-10 13:49pm

What effort have you made till now from your side? Google?

Praveen Nair (NinethSense) 22-Sep-10 9:53am

Too lazy to find a solution yourself? :)

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Johnny J. · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-22T21:46:00

It's not the first time you post this question. And you're not going to get any useful answers until you describe your problem in an understandable way.

What exactly is the problem?
How are you deploying the application?
If I understand you correctly, you want to validate it during deployment, so what program/technique are you using to deploy your application?

I will probably be easier to validate the license key from your program the first time it starts up than to modify the installer to do it for you. Is that a possibility?