Monitoring Trial Installation
For customers installing the evaluation copy of your software while an Internet connection is active, the trial tracking service allows you to monitor when the setup is initiated and completed. Most commercial installation packages allow you to create a custom dialog and post data to a URL. Design a custom dialog that asks the user for their Contact Name, EMail Address, and Source (how they heard of your product).
At the start of the installation, post these variables to http://secure.softwarekey.com/solo/products/demo_status.asp when using SOLO Server Shared URL:
- ProductID = (your product ID in SOLO Server)
- ContactName = user-supplied data
- EMail = user-supplied data
- Source = user-supplied data
- Status = START
SOLO Server will attempt to find a trial download record with this e-mail address. If not found, it will create one. At the completion of installation, post these variables to the same URL:
- ProductID = (your product ID in SOLO Server)
- EMail = user-supplied data
- Status = COMPLETE
If successful, the script will return the string "Result = 1<p>"