[BETA][Release] Serial System

This is a release brought to you by the Official MPGH Programing Development & Design Team
Coded by: Kevin(Blubb1337)

~ Information ~

I created a system within VB.Net and PHP to easily manage a serial.

Important: THIS SYSTEM DOES WORK WITH DATABASES THAT DO NOT ALLOW EXTERNAL ACCESS!!!

You can therefore use any free database in the ********* rather than paying for one that allows external access.
The whole system works locally, so it does not require any external access.

It is very easy to setup and use.

~ Files ~

Serials.dll(library to easily access everything)
activate.php
insert.php
install.php
login.php
activate.php
Full dll project

From now on, my system will contain configs.

[highlight="cpp"]<?php
//this is the config file
//feel free to edit the following variables

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#[General Information]
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

//0 = False/No
//1 = True/Yes

//Table "serials"
/*
ID
Serial
TimesUsed
HWID
*/

#~~~~~~~~~
#[Credits]
#~~~~~~~~~

/*
This system has been brought to you by the OFFICIAL MPGH DEVELOPER TEAM
Coded by Blubb1337
*/

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#[GENERAL SETTINGS]
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

//enter the amount of users per serial
//if you set it to one, the serial will be "blocked" after being entered
$UserPerSerial = 1;

//this will allow the user that activated the serial to use the serial again
//i recommend setting this to 1(yes) since the user may lose his key
$AllowReusing = 1;

//this is the number of serials that'll be added to the database when executing insert.php
$NumberOfSerials = 100;

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#[SERIAL SETTINGS]
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

//set the length of the serial
$SerialLength = 16;

//set the subkey length
//the length should be devideable by the subkeylength
$SubKeyLength = 4;

//delimiter for subkey
//set subkeylength to zero if you don't want a delimiter
$SubKeyDelimiter = "-";

//example resusult of serial with the above settings:
//AKR4-RQ34-42IP

/

may also set all allowed characters rather than setting the things above
$AllowedCharacters = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

#~~~~~
#[FAQ]
#~~~~~

/*
Q: I'm getting some weird error on installation that I cannot edit the conn.php.
A: Open up the conn.php, edit the host,username and password. Save it and you're done.

Q: I'm getting "Notice: Uninitialized string offset: [...]" when trying to insert new serials.
A: Just do not mind it, if the last line says "Sucessfully inserted serials." everything is fine.
*/
?>[/highlight]

~ Setup ~

1. Upload all .php files to your website using any ftp client(f.e. Filezilla) or your CPanel.

2. Browse the install.php in your webbrowser www.websitelink.com/install.php

Set your information like this:

If you are done, simply hit "Save"(obvious). If no error appears, everything is fine

The whole database stuff is already done, awesome eh?

~ Library Usage ~

1. Add the library as reference

2. Code sample

[highlight="vb"]Public Class frmMain

Private serial As New SerialSystem("http://localhost/serial")

Private Sub cmdRegister_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdRegister.Click
If serial.activate(Textbox1.text) Then
Activated()
Else
MsgBox("Invalid serial.")
End If
End Sub

End Class
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~ Function Overview ~