Try and Buy/Product Activation Dialog (Activate by Email)

InstallShield 2008

If the end user chooses to activate by email, the trialware run-time dialog shown below opens. The email address is the one specified in the Trialware view. This email address is typically a distribution-list email address that your customer support staff can monitor regularly.

When the end user clicks the email hyperlink, an email message opens. The email address is listed in the To line. The subject line contains the name of the product, followed by the words Activation Request. The body of the message contains text such as the following:

Please send this email to: activate@mycompany.com

You will receive a reply containing the Response Code. Please type the Response Code into the InstallShield Wizard to complete your activation.

---------- DO NOT CHANGE THIS PORTION ---------- RequestCode=3542235505225229485160635826433940644854410344082473339601912742727918263899199855 65

SerialNumber=1111111-111-1111111112

---------- DO NOT CHANGE THIS PORTION ----------

where activate@mycompany.com is the email address that was configured for your trialware. The end user needs to send that message to your organization, and then your customer support staff needs to reply with a valid response code. (For more information about email activation, see Allowing Offline Email Activations.) Then one of the following occurs:

If the end user enters the response code correctly in the Activation Response Code box and then clicks Next, the product is activated and the next trialware run-time dialog opens.

If the end user enters the response code incorrectly and then clicks Next, an error message box opens. When the end user clicks OK, the message box closes. The same run-time dialog shown below remains open, enabling the end user to re-enter the response code.

Try and Buy/Product Activation Dialog (Activate by Email)

Try and Buy/Product Activation dialog (Activate by email.)