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I am searching for a software developer but have a relatively tight budget. I think Revolution may be ideal for this project (the first part of it anyway).

The project is twofold: (1) a stand-alone exe modified image viewer and (2) a website. Both already exist but are crude. So essentially, it's starting from scratch but with a clear blueprint.

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The program is a modified image viewer that displays a radiology case and, when prompted by the user, displays text as well as an overlay that points to specific findings on the image. And then on to the next case. The program basically repeats this for several hundred cases.

The website needs to incorporate a way to unlock the program. I envision that when the user first opens the program, they are prompted to enter a serial number and the website confirms its validity and in turn unlocks the program. I can do the rest of the website development.

The current program is crude but functional. It is actually an elaborate PowerPoint Show turned into a "stand-alone" exe (not really stand-alone since it still depends on MS PPViewer) then packaged with protection software and an installer.

I seek a consultant who can build the basic framework of the new program and then turn it over to me to do the task of entering the hundreds of cases (images and text) and tweek the whole thing to my liking. I'm savvy enough to build from a framework but not to create from scratch. My hope is that the original construction is relatively simple for someone with experience and could be done in relatively short order.

Feel free to post a reply or e-mail me at: milton -at- planetkc.com

Thank you.

1.) What version of Revolution are you using?
2.) Do you have a GUI layout already in mind, or do you want to use the same GUI layout you already have in the PowerPoint setup?
3.) Do you have criteria set for the program, limitations, such as what platforms, screen size etc.?
4.) What platform is your web server running?

Best regards,
-Garrett

Hi,

Looking at your question you are more interested in a licensing system for your product, serial code, activation ect. I am working on the same issue for several products that I am working on. The best scenario that I could come up with was an activation system that looks for a valid, serial and password.

This would connect to an online DB, verify the serial and pass the user entered and either activate the software or kill the application.

I.E. prevents theft of the software.

I am just getting started with RR so what I have been doing is in Delphi, I have no doubt that this could be done with Runtime, however I expect that it would not be easy or quickly done.

So I am setting about learning transcript, which I think is very Interesting. I use another online script to validate a serial number which is created at the time of the sale.

In relation to activating software online.

1. Validation of serial and pass, communication between the Rev application and the online database.
(assuming you want to use rev for the presentation of your product)
(a good choice IMHO)

So you would need to develop a database, for validation. A secure mechanism, in revolution to handle the validation. An Ecommerce solution to distribute a unique serial number and pass for validation and last but not least, an RR application that displays your product either externally or locally.

Your concept is quite interesting, my first thought was how you would handle all the graphic files and the size of the application if stored locally.

I think Revolution would be a wonderful choice for your product.