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Dear Anyone,

I have prepared a few excel files linked together and am planning to sell it
to a company. But they may copy and give these files to other companies to
use on their computer. I want to protect my work. Giving passwords to open
the files is not a solution because the first company to whom I sold the
files may also give the password with the copy it makes.
So, I thought the only way to differentiate one computer from the other is
the Hard Disk serial number. If I could only link the opening of the files
(or the whole folder in which they are) to the Hard Disk serial number, the
problem would be solved!
In this way, a copied file or the whole folder) will not work on the other
computer, unless, I intervene and link the files to the new Hard Disk serial
number.

Any Ideas of how to do this?
Or any other way is welcome.

Thanks whoever answers.
Berj Boshnakian
 
From: "Berj" <[email protected]>

| Dear Anyone,
|
| I have prepared a few excel files linked together and am planning to sell it
| to a company. But they may copy and give these files to other companies to
| use on their computer. I want to protect my work. Giving passwords to open
| the files is not a solution because the first company to whom I sold the
| files may also give the password with the copy it makes.
| So, I thought the only way to differentiate one computer from the other is
| the Hard Disk serial number. If I could only link the opening of the files
| (or the whole folder in which they are) to the Hard Disk serial number, the
| problem would be solved!
| In this way, a copied file or the whole folder) will not work on the other
| computer, unless, I intervene and link the files to the new Hard Disk serial
| number.
|
| Any Ideas of how to do this?
| Or any other way is welcome.
|
| Thanks whoever answers.
| Berj Boshnakian

The serial number of the hard disk is NOT the way to go.

Excel spreadsheets are by their nature Open Source data. You can copyright the spreadsheet
but it would be better to compile it.

Maybe the below URL will give you some "hints".
http://www.gold-software.com/download9409.htm

Good Luck !
 
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