How do you expire a SWF?

[lorenelks]

Hi:

I want to be able to:

(1) expire a swf within a certain number of days after it is first run.

I know I can use getDate() to determine the current date. However, how to I have the swf (1) determine the current date (2) save this info somewhere and (3) have the swf expire (say 60 days after it is first ran).

(2) expire a swf on/by a certain date.


Any help on the code here would be great.

Thanks,
Loren

 

[billwatson]

top of my head

frame 1 blank

frame 1 psuedo code

if date < some date
play
else
stop

 

[lorenelks]

OK. So use getDate()= new Date, then use the code in the way you mentioned? Can you give me more specific code?

Thank you for your help,
Loren

 

[billwatson]

untested but ought to work

now = new Date() ;
maxDate = new Date(2006, 01, 06) ;
if (now > maxDate) {
stop()
}else{
play()
}

 

[lorenelks]

Thanks, Bill. I will try it.

 

[oldnewbie]

What if I back re-set my system's date, and/or use a decompiler?

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[billwatson]

then it wont work

but is full fledged solution worth the hassle