require serial number....

dirtbikeflyboy917 · February 22, 2010, 1:26am

I would like a snippet of code (or a full script) that requires people to type in a serial number (I will create serial numbers) before a program can be used.

I hope this is easy to do. And many thanks.

Ben

mikerickson · February 22, 2010, 2:48am

set userOK to false

repeat until userOK
	set uiReturned to display dialog "Enter serial number" default answer ""
	
	set userOK to (text returned of uiReturned = "1234")
end repeat

-- rest of script

dirtbikeflyboy917 · February 23, 2010, 6:21pm

perfect, thanks!

StefanK · February 23, 2010, 6:29pm

Consider, that using this way the serial number is stored as plain text in the script.
It can easily be read with a text or hex editor