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BLINKER DEMONSTRATION DATE Specify expiration date for demonstration version
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Purpose : Specify expiration date for demonstration version
Syntax : BLINKER DEMONSTRATION DATE <yyyy/mm/dd>
Example : # Set the program expiration date
BLINKER DEMONSTRATION DATE 1992/12/31
This command is used to set the expiration date of a program, after which it
will end with the "demonstration date limit exceeded" message. It may be set
to any date in the format yyyy/mm/dd.
This can be used to create a demonstration version of the program without
having to modify the source code. When the overlay manager loads overlays
after the expiration date (as determined by the DOS system date), the error
handling procedure BLERRPRG is called with error number 1208, indicating
that the demonstration date limit has been exceeded. The source for this
error handler is provided should you want to modify the text of the
termination message.
Note: The demonstration restrictions are only checked when overlays are
called, so to use them please ensure that at least one function or procedure
which is called regularly is overlaid. To be sure thatoverlays exist, be
aware that any overlaid segment that is smaller than the BLINKER OVERLAY
THRESHOLD default of 32 bytes will automatically be removed from the overlay
area.
CA-Clipper 5.x note:
To include Blinker's overlay manager in the application, some non-CA-Clipper
code must be overlaid, for example EXTEND.LIB.
See Also:
BLINKER DEMONSTRATION MINUTES
BLIDEMDTE()
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