User (Legacy) Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Appologies for the repost, my old email address got picked up when I joined the newsgroup, so I won't have got any replies to the earlier post. I tried replying to the group myself but it didnt appear.......... Hi, I have purchased chart FX developer studio and plan to see which charts we're likely to need before getting those versions for distriubtion, however before I start I need some info regarding licensing. I read the text on licensing regarding use in Com objects but the example was in C++ so I didnt really understand it. I'm using VB6 and I have been asked to implement charts in our software by use of an OCX that we can call. i.e. An OCX with a few boolean options and the ability to pass a recordset to the Chart FX control (any, but most probably Client Server). Therefore we'd end up with our own OCX with Chart FX's called from there, opposed to referencing Chart FX directly from our product. I really hope that makes sense so far! The thing that really concerns me is how licensing will work. What is to stop someone using our control to use charts? Personally i'd prefer to reference the Chart FX control directly, but i'm not the boss, so..... Firstly, is what i'm proposing in breach of any licensing regulations? Secondly, how would I go about doing that? The only thing I can think of would be to pass the license string from our main application into our Com object, then into the Chart FX object - is this correct? Any help would be much appreciated. I'm fine with programming standard exe projects and dll files but i've never attempted a Com object before. Regards, Phil Jeary Education Direct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 As long as the license is included and validated in the Final EXE, there is no problem. The easiest way to achieve this is to put a Chart FX chart into a form in the final application, the chart may be hidden. After the first Chart validates the license, other chart created in the same instance of the application will be ok. -- FP Software FX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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