Serial number validation using c# DLL

[jsvignesh]

Can anyone help me, how or what to set the next button (pushbutton) behavior on validating a c# dll for Serial Number Validation.

I actually set DoAction, NewDialog and EndDialog Event for next button behavior. But I am not able to move to the next screen (dialog) from the customer information dialog on successful serial number.

Following is my code in C#: -
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public class ValidateSerialNumber
{
// Definition of Return Values:
public const int SN_VALID_RETURN = 100; // Return Value Indicating Success
public const int SN_INVALID_RETURN = 0; // Return Value Indicating Retry

// Define Constant Used By ValidateSN()
public const string CORRECT_SERIAL_NUM = "123456-78900"; // This is the Correct Serial Number

public char SerialCheck(string sSerialNumber)
{
// Define Local Variables:
int bValidResult; // Validation State of Serial Number

bValidResult = ValidateSN(sSerialNumber);

// Return Proper Value Based Upon Validation Routine
if (bValidResult == 1)
{
// Serial Number is Valid: Inform Installshield Express to Continue
return (char)SN_VALID_RETURN;
}
else
{
// Serial Number is Invalid: Inform Express to Retry
MessageBox.Show( "Invalid Serial Number", "SERIAL NUMBER ERROR",MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation );

return (char)SN_INVALID_RETURN;
}
}

private int ValidateSN(string sSerialNumber)
{
// Define Local Variables
string sSNCheckString = string.Empty;
//char sSNCheckString[20]; // String Used to Check Serial Number
int iSNLen; // Length of Serial Number

// Get Length of Serial Number
iSNLen = sSerialNumber.Length;

// Check if Serial Number is of Proper Length
if ( iSNLen != 12 )
{
// Serial Number is NOT of Proper Length: Serial Number is Invalid
return 0;
}

// Create Serial Number Check String
//sprintf( sSNCheckString, "%s", CORRECT_SERIAL_NUM );
sSNCheckString = CORRECT_SERIAL_NUM;

// Check if Serial Number Matches the Check String
if( string.Compare( sSNCheckString, sSerialNumber ) != 0 )
//if ( strcmp( sSNCheckString, sSerialNumber ) != 0 )
{
// Serial Number Does NOT Match Check String: Serial Number is Invalid
return 0;
}

// Serial Number is Valid
return 1;
}
}

Regards,
Srivignesh Jaganathan

[ericpaul]

Facing the same challenge, we have

• created a DLL (C++) for checking the serial number
  
• we call it in an InstallScript function and feed the value of the ISX_SERIALNUM property to it.
  
• based on the result (0 or 1, just like your DLL) we set a custom property LICENSE_OK
  
• we created a custom action CheckLicense for this function
  
• in the Customer Information dialog's Next pushbutton behavior we have added several events
  [LIST=1]
  
• event: DoAction | argument: CheckLicense | condition: 1
  
• event: EndDialog | argument: Exit | condition: not LICENSE_OK AND check for number of failures to enter a correct license code
  
• event: NewDialog | argument: SetupType | condition: LICENSE_OK
  
• event: SpawnDialog | argument: SomeDialog (indicating wrong license code) | condition: not LICENSE_OK
  

I hope this will also work for you.

[cwilliamsson]

Have same problem. Did you guys solve this?

[jwallenstein]

http://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?t=197472