Suggestion on leaving a fingerprint after an update

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I want to leave some kind of fingerprint file or record when one of my
customers is downloading an update, or even trying to download an update.
Each store has to have a different store number, so If I could leave a text
log in an internet folder I could track this activity.

Any suggestions? This way I can find out if they have the most current
version, (or even if they have more than one store number downloading the
current version more than once). This isn't copy protection, just tracking.

Thanks,

Ray

VMT Software - http://www.vmtsoft.com

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Maybe you could come up with something using the "Post to HTTP Server"
script function?

Jane Fleming

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I like the posting idea... I just need the code on the server side.... I'll
bet I can find some php code out there somewhere.. I can already post
because I'm using that to do credit card transactions. I went and bought a
program to do posting and figured out later nettalk already did it.... but
that's OK, can't have enough tools in the toolbox.

PHP programmers are pretty reasonable if I can't find some code already
done.

Thanks Jane and Mark.

Ray
VMT

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> I like the posting idea... I just need the code on the server side.... I'll
> bet I can find some php code out there somewhere.. I can already post
> because I'm using that to do credit card transactions. I went and bought a
> program to do posting and figured out later nettalk already did it.... but
> that's OK, can't have enough tools in the toolbox.
>
> PHP programmers are pretty reasonable if I can't find some code already
> done.
>
> Thanks Jane and Mark.

Ray,

Search clarionmag for author:riffey. I just remembered I have an article
out there that does something similar to what you want to do.
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Hi Ray,

> PHP programmers are pretty reasonable if I can't find some code already
> done.

If you call a php page with parameters it is just a few lines of php code to
have it stick the date/time, customer information etc. into a mysql db. If
you drop me an email I might be able to lend you a hand:)

Best regards,

--
Arnór Baldvinsson - Icetips Alta LLC
Port Angeles, Washington
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> I want to leave some kind of fingerprint file or record when one of my
> customers is downloading an update, or even trying to download an update.
> Each store has to have a different store number, so If I could leave a text
> log in an internet folder I could track this activity.
>
> Any suggestions? This way I can find out if they have the most current
> version, (or even if they have more than one store number downloading the
> current version more than once). This isn't copy protection, just tracking.

1) Google Analytics. Add a &UTM_whatever to the links. Or if you use some
other package, use whatever tokens it offers.

2) Use htaccess (if on apache) to redirect them (301, not a 302) to a
unique-per-customer URL that redirects. You could generate that part of
your htaccess via a tiny clarion app that reads your customer db.

3) Do #2 via a PHP link. Thatll get you data more easily, since you can
stuff it in a mysql (etc) db.

And so on...
--

Mark Riffey
http://www.rescuemarketing.com/blog/
If Guy Kawasaki and the staff of the Wall Street Journal,
Fast Company & Business Week read it, maybe you should too.

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