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| Copy protecting MaxScripts - Getting hardware lock info |
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| Visual maxscript Editor |
| Gathering the info |
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So here it goes:
Creating Copy protection for 3dsmax scripts.
Here's what we'll do:
- Make a GUI for gathering computer\user info to generate the license file with.
- Creating a gui for a "license generator" to make it easy to make licenses.
- Sample application that uses the license file.
1) Making the GUI for info gathering:
Start the maxscript editor, start with a blank file.
enter the following code:
utility Utility_hardware_lock "Get Hardware Lock ID" width:160 height:472
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This will tell the script to make an utility that has the name "Get Hardware Lock ID",
you will find this script in the utilities\maxscript panel at runtime:
If you compile and run the script at this time, It'll end up like this:
