topic Re: getting the Key number in Archicad C++ API

getting the Key number

TomWaltz — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:35:40 GMT

in the API documentation, there is a reference to an API command APIEnv_CheckDongleID that can be used to get the dongle content.

All I need is to get the number of the dongle itself.

Does anyone have any information on this? Of is this something I should contact GS directly for?

Re: getting the Key number

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:48:28 GMT

Hmmm. Yeah, the documentation on that page is pretty minimal, isn't it. I haven't tried that one; somebody else will have to jump in.

Karl

Re: getting the Key number

Oleg — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:01:13 GMT

Look to APIEnv_ProtectionDataID instead APIEnv_CheckDongleID.

Re: getting the Key number

TomWaltz — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:58:25 GMT

Thanks, Oleg, that's exactly what I was looking for.

It seems like GS is not giving much information on that one. Perhaps Akos could shed a little more light on it for us? <hint, hint 🙂 >

Re: getting the Key number

Akos Somorjai — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:10:29 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
It seems like GS is not giving much information on that one. Perhaps Akos could shed a little more light on it for us? <hint, hint 🙂 >

Why should we?

Let's see API_ProtectionInfo first. (i.e. ACAPI_Environment (APIEnv_ProtectionDataID, ...))
There are several versions out on the market in terms of protection. The most common are DEMO (the name speaks for itself), NFR (Not-For-Resale), site and full license, and student version. Some of them have limited functionality (e.g. the student version handles only 3-story buildings if I remember well, and writes different files). In some countries they also sell a version with and without Teamwork.
The masks in the protMode field reflect these differences. You can decide if you want your add-on to run with a certain protection scheme, for example you might want to disable some of your add-on's functionality when ArchiCAD is in DEMO mode.

APIEnv_CheckDongleID is a different technology; it is not supported any more. The original purpose was to help developers protect their add-ons with the same hw key what ArchiCAD uses.

HTH,

Akos

Re: getting the Key number

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:45:50 GMT

APIEnv_CheckDongleID is a different technology; it is not supported any more. The original purpose was to help developers protect their add-ons with the same hw key what ArchiCAD uses.

Is there a way to protect the add-on against copying to another computer now? I didn`t find anything useful so far, but I still believe it can be done. One way may be using the hardware key number, but is there also a function to retrieve for example the user`s email used to generate passwords (for EDU versions)?
Thanks,
Peter

Re: getting the Key number

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:24:16 GMT

santi wrote:
Is there a way to protect the add-on against copying to another computer now? I didn`t find anything useful so far, but I still believe it can be done. One way may be using the hardware key number, but is there also a function to retrieve for example the user`s email used to generate passwords (for EDU versions)?

That's entirely in your hands. Every developer will probably have a different policy on this, so it isn't an area that GS can help with.