I am working with a computer that has a windows viewer license but I have to do a couple of design things with windows maker. Is there a way to get in with a demo license to do them? In ifix for example you can enter as a demo for 2 hours. Is there something like it for wonder?
Thank you.
You can open the demo mode as long as the application has less than 32 tags defined. Otherwise you need yo contact your local distributor since they are who can decide if providing or not a demo license to you
If you have an active customer first contract, you will probably get the license. Otherwise it is up to your local distributor.
As far as I know there are no 2 hours demo licenses. A demo license is for 1 calendar month, i.e. expires at the end of the month when it was obtained.
Wonderware is now owned by Aveva and the licensing model has been changing over last couple years, but the last time I checked (1 year ago) it was still possible to obtain a 1 month demo license as a file, and activate it using Aveva License Manager (formerly Schneider Electric License Manager) installed locally.
I think to get a demo license you'll need to register with Aveva support center https://softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/ I'm not sure though about legality of using a demo license for making changes to an application used commercially... you'd need to read their T&Cs.
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There is a prerequisite to acquire the proper license of highstock before using the Netflix ICE. I do not want to invest any money into it, just want to explore the features of ICE.
Do I have to buy a proper licence of highstock before using Netflix ICE?
If you want to test and try netflix ice OSS locally or for personal use then no, you don't need to spend cash as it is clearly mentioned on their site[http://www.highcharts.com/products/highcharts/#non-commercial] also.
But if you're using netflix ice commercially then you have to buy appropriate license from highcharts. It is more of a license usage question so may be you try reading about the license details highcharts is using, that weather the free version of highcharts can be used with the production environment of Netflix OSS project.
Many customers of mine use a software for doing digital signatures. This software is called Dike and it is provided from the italian chamber of commerce and it interfaces to smart card hardware like this.
Now I would like from my application to do the digital signatures, bypassing the software that does it.
Is it possible to do this in Delphi, did anyone already did it? I would like to add timestamp too.
NOTE FOR BOUNTY:
I don't know how this is important outside of Italy, anyway in Italy there is a law that requires that certain documents are stored with particular rules. TO implmemetn this it is mandatory to digital sign and put a time stamp on the file (pfd files).
Basically I ask "is it there anyonw that already imlpemented this in Delphi and found a succesful way. Can you share your results?".
Basically there is a million of USB smartcard readers, I don't want to start supporting million of drivers in my application (I write an app that is in part a document management system), if there were seomthing like TWAIN is there for image scanner it would be great.
I could also accept the limitation to link to a specific hardware, so I can say if you want this feature you must buy this hardware, I don't want to support all the existing hardware or timestamp/digital signatures web services.
So what I am looking for is Time Stamp and Digital Signature for pdf files for Delphi 1-0-1. I hope I expressed my self if not please ask.
Our SecureBlackbox product provides full scope of PKI functionality including signing and timestamping data using CMS and CAdES formats and certificates can be located on PKCS#11-compatible smartcards. If you are looking for PDF signing and timestamping, then SecureBlackbox supports them as well (via PAdES standard).
SecureBlackbox is available for Delphi 4 to XE2 and supports 64-bit Windows.
We have clients form Italy who do exactly what you need.
You mays also look at Gnostice PDFToolkit VCL wich allow you to "edit, secure, merge, split, view, digitally sign PDF documents".
with signtool:
c:\BinPath\signtool.exe sign /f c:\BinPath\Mypfxfile.pfx /p MyPassword
/t http:// timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll c:\BinPath\Project1.exe
I am looking for SDKs which can do finger print matching. Rest of my code is mostly in C so I prefer if the SDK has C API's. Also it would be great if the SDK is free. Does anybody has experience with these SDKs and recommend any particular SDK? Also, while looking in these SDK what are the important features I should concentrate?
I've used two SDKs in the past, but only as a C# developer. Both the SDKs below say that they support C:
Griaule Fingerprint SDK (requires paid-for license)
Digital Persona OneTouch (free sdk)
A quick summary of features to consider:
Are you verifying that a fingerprint matches that of a known user, or identifying a user from a single fingerprint?
The Griaule SDK implements both Verify and Identify patterns.
DigitalPersona's free SDK only supports Verify - to Identify, you have to loop through all the fingerprints in your database and see which one matches best. They state that this is 'inefficient', but if you have very few users (< 200), it seems quick enough.
Adjustment of discrimination sensitivity (false positives/false negatives)
Balance up how closely a print must be identified. A high sensitity may cause a legitimate user's prints to be rejected, but a low sensitivity may match one users' prints to the wrong user. Assess the impact of each case and code accordingly.
The deployment overheads differed - the DP components came with a merge module, but I only recall seeing standalone installs for Griaule.
What fingerprint capture devices are you intending to support? Check very carefully that the SDK will support yours!
Check the licensing terms very carefully the Griaule costs can be substantial based on the number of clients you expect to roll out to.
The Griaule SDK required a license file be deployed, both on client and server.
DP (free edition) did not.
The .NET DP SDK came with a visually pretty, and easy to use, fingerprint registration dialog, but the version I downloaded (v1.4.0) had a bug with the fingerprint capture component taking up to 10 seconds to initialise. I don't know if this has been resolved yet. However, it was straightforward to code a bespoke UI.
Overall, I favoured the DP SDK, but it was a close-run thing. Basically, being license-free and better documented suited me more.
You can use Innovatrics IDKit PC SDK. You can get a free version for 6 months. This provides a C API as well as a C# API. I have been extremely impressed with this package.
If your platform is not a PC, there are packages for other platforms as well.
This is very useful with detail information about fingerprint integration with windows based software: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/38881/Fingerprint-Reader-Integration-using-the-M-SYS-SDK This integration was using this fingerprint sdk. It solves problems with low level free sdks and also supports other biometric modality.
This is a really simple question, but the answer is really complicated. Most of the Free or at least royalty free matching SDKs are tied to a vendors fingerprint scanner. If you are wanting to use one of those SDKs you will have to commit to their scanners.
The next question is how is the software going to be used. Fingerprint matcher tend to fall into one of two categories, 1 to 1 or 1 to N. 1 to 1 is assuming you know who the user is and you want to just VERIFY their identity with a fingerprint. 1 to N searches through a database of users and finds them by their fingerprint. Depending on the size of your user population, if you are doing 1 to N you may need to confirm the performance of the algorithm first to ensure it will meet your needs.
The other option that you have is there are fingerprint scanners that do what is known as match on device. These scanners have embedded matching algorithms and databases that do all the work for you. You get all the licenses you need when you buy the fingerprint sensor. These are really useful in embedded applications.
I just downloaded Embarcadero Delphi 2010 (the trial version).
tasm32 and the related stuffs (ilink32, implib, impdef, etc) are still available in it.
Still they lack header files and import libs, but fortunately that can be solved by win2inc, implib, etc.
The final result can be called TASM32 SDK (in a similar way like MASM32 SDK do).
Considering Delphi is a commercial product, I plan to use this SDK for personal usage only (and of course non commercially).
Is this legal or not?
"Is this legal or not?"
That depends on the country.
Also, "legality" doesn't have a binary yes/no value (instead the result may depend on arguments made in a court of law, if the question ever even goes to court).
Just got a car with the Microsoft sync system in it. Did a quick search online and was curious if anyone is aware of any SDK that may exist, sample open source add-on applications, etc.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE:
Looks like Ford has finally released their SDK:
https://developer.ford.com/
Ford has a website SYNC Mobile Application Developer Network but the SYNC SDK does not look to be available yet (their site mentions possibly later this year). It appears they are stilling working on the API before releasing it. All they are offering now is a way to register to be notified of new info as it becomes available.
From their About page:
Ford is hard at work developing an API
to allow developers to integrate their
Smartphone applications with SYNC. The
Developer Program website will educate
developers about the Ford SYNC
platform and how to interact with it
via the API. There will be a full set
of documentation, example
applications, reference libraries, and
even a developer forum so you can
reach out to the community for quick
help.
With the available SYNC API's, mobile
application developers will be able to
do some of the following:
Create a voice UI for your application using the in-vehicle
speech recognition system.
Write information to the radio head display or in-vehicle touchscreen
Speak text using text-to-speech engine.
Use the in-vehicle menu system to provide commands or options for
your mobile application
Get button presses from the radio and steering wheel controls.
Receive vehicle data (speed, GPS location, fuel economy, etc.)
The official API and full website
launch is set to be targeted for later
this year.
It looks like the SDK is coming very soon. The story was just posted on Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
Now just imagine what you could do with access to your automobile functionality!
I don't think there is any. Its a closed ecosystem.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/09/ces-2009-sync-could-one-day-add-app-development-like-iphone/
From what I understand it is based on the CE 6.0 platform using windows automotive 4.1, but I could be wrong. We really need a forum to get this going. Hurry up Ford! Release the SDK!
Given the way Windows automotive is there is only two ways of putting a ROM on Sync. Using JTAG to put your own custom bootloader (forget it), or though the USB. Which you will need to know how to sign the file so sync will think it is an OEM ROM. So at this point even if you were able to come up with your own custom rom by using Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ you would still have no way to get it on there.
BTW, the SDK they are talking about releasing will only be to develop apps for applink. (not modifying the OS). However, to upload the apps we might be able to find out how to sign the .bin file for sync to accept a ROM through the USB.
Then again this is just from my understanding... I am no great developer or anything.
Ford launched sdk in ces, check it out: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/08/ford-launches-its-openxc-sdk-and-hardware-specs-to-let-developers-access-its-cars-sensors-and-metrics/