McWare USA FAQ Support

Q: The Gnu Linker 4.0 complains about the new universal Softdongle library to be out of date, how come and how can I fix that?

There is a known bug with all archived type libraries even after you copy it to another volume or duplicate it. This is because the modification date of the library changes while the internal header date remains the same. This inconsistency leads to an integrity check error encountered by the Gnu Linker. Simply start the terminal application and ran "ranlib -t" with the newly generated Softdongle and it will be accepted immediately afterwards without any further problems reported.

Q: There is an error during building a "SoftDongle"-based application using Apple‘s Xcode

All MACH-O builds require the Carbon Framework to be included into the project (both Cocoa and Carbon developments).

Q: What's been fixed in the latest versions 3.1.x

McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v3.1.x has an important fix in the demo section of the SoftDongle library as well some minor fixes in the internal registration handling of the application. Because there are changes in the SoftDongle libraries it is mandatory to update. In McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v3.1.5 e.g. we added a Windows new binary WebRegistrator CGI

Q: I' found the Windows Networking License/Protection API in the Shareware Edition v3.1 is not yet active, when can we expect to get this working?

McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v3.1 offers a complete Network Copy-Protection API for Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X. We are planning to add the Windows functionality of the API as soon as possible. It will be a free update.

Q: I bought McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v2.0 and now we got v3.x, is it a free update?

McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v3.x will be a free upgrade to all v2 customers. All customers who purchased McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v1.4 can get v3.0 as $10 upgrade.

Q: Is McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v2.0 a free upgrade?

Opposed to it's predecessors McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v2 is a major redesigns. So only customers who purchased McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v1.4 after October, 1 2002 will get v2.0 for free.

McSerialnumber v1.3 Shareware Edition was a so called interims release to provide early access to Mac OS X functionality as well as Carbon. As a courtesy this software can still be downloaded (v1.3 here and v1.4 here) as v1.3 is mend as free Mac OS X compatible upgrade for all customers which purchased version v1.0 or v1.2.1. Although v1.4 is considered obsolete and replaced by McSerialnumber Shareware Edition v2.0.

The real benefit to use McSerialnumber Pro is to get an integrated product capable to do all the tasks you need to setup an efficient registration solution for your software product. Whether you want to keep track of all your customers or to build the necessary registration object source, McSerialnumber Pro offers a helping hand. It generates a so called "Soft dongle" and uniquely "burns" it for your specific software product.

Our product is designed to support any available hardware or software platform. Although the initial release runs on Mac OS Classic (7.1-7.x, 8.x and 9.x) only but all generated libraries and sources can be used on Windows 95/98/NT too.

McSerialnumber Pro is based on an easy expandable plug in architecture. The basic set of plug-ins delivered with the purchase of a single user license supports Microsoft's Visual C/C++ (v5, v6) for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000 and Metrowerks CodeWarrior (11 and newer) for Windows 9x//Me/NT/2000 and Mac OS Classic.

Both Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) for Visual C++ (v5, v6) as well as Powerplant 2.x for CodeWarrior are supported in the first release.

Sure, there is a demo version available. Either go to Products and click Overview to read more or you can go directly to Downloads to get a fully functional demo.

Q: Is there any additional protection HW I can use with McSerialnumber Pro?

You can get more security to use McSerialnumber Pro with any HARDLOCK/HASP® (Hardware Against Software Piracy) product from Aladdin® Knowledge System. For more info about these sophisticated products go to www.ealaddin.com.

Absolutely, we offer a cost neutrally way to get all existing shareware customers a chance to be eligible for an upgrade. See for yourself and come to "The Shop".