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Well done the DoneEx Support Team !
At Drillingsoftware we develop software for the Oil Industry based on
the Excel platform. These programs can be very complicated engineering
programs. Whenever we have included or come across something Donex
couldn't handle in VBA the DonEx team come back with support that is
second to none, and very promptly.
We also pride ourselves on excellent customer support so we and our
client know what it is to have a support team that can be totally
relied upon.
Iain Richmond CEO
Drillingsoftware LLC
www.drillingsoftware.com
The best security solution is DoneEx XCell Compiler!
My application:
Fannie Mae has a new requirement that an
appraiser must provide a sophisticated statistical analysis and report
of the market area of the property being appraised. A spreadsheet
model would provide an excellent solution.
Problem:
1. I wanted to protect my many months of development work from being “stolen” or copied.
2.
I needed to provide a trial version of my Excel model for evaluation
by prospective customers and also have a foolproof licensing process
which would prevent illegal copying and use of my Excel solution.
Solution: DoneEx!
After
evaluating the few available products that claimed to be a solution to
my problems DoneEx clearly emerged as the clear winner!
1. As
far as protecting my valuable work, The DoneEx compiler allowed me to
protect my formulas and VBA (Macros) beyond the capabilities that Excel
provides. It was like Excel on steroids! I challenged some of the
best hackers I know (I spent 28 years in the software industry prior to
changing careers). No one was able to find the formulas or VBA code
due to DoneEx’s ability to protect them from being viewed or
discovered. DoneEx does what Excel alone cannot do to protect your
work!
2. Allowing potential users and customers to try the
application for a period of time was simple. The DoneEx compiler
allowed me to produce trial versions of my application and allowed me
to specify a time period for the trial. I worried about someone
downloading a 30 day trial, erasing it after 28 days and downloading
another 30 day version. The developers of DoneEx have already thought
of that. When you download the new 30 day evaluation it knows you
already had a 30 day version and in the above case says you have 2 days
left!!!! With no work other than answering a few questions the DoneEx
product displays a “trial version” pop up menu which constantly reminds
the user that they have a trial version with X days left in the trial.
This menu provides an easy method of selecting an option to contact you
the author of the software for information on purchasing your
application. Several other methods are available for providing your
potential customers the ability to try your application prior to
purchasing it. Allowing the prospective customer to try your
application prior to purchase will result with greater acceptance of
your application. Without a trial version your potential customers may
never be willing to look at your application.
Now that the
prospective customer decides to become a real customer how are you
going to sell and license your application? Simple, DoneEx provides
several methods to choose from. The methods I chose was time period
and hardware locking. The time period option allows me to provide the
end user with an annual license to use my application. Upon purchase,
I simply enter the beginning and ending date of the license. It even
allows me to specify a warning message that lets say will allow me to
notify the customer that they have 45 days remaining and to contact me
for another year subscription!
Next, I was wondering how I
could restrict my license to use my application to a specific PC. I
was worried about sending a “key” to customer to unlock the trial
version to enable them a license for a year only to have the customer
copy or use the key on multiple PCs . Again the DoneEx team has
already thought of this and have the perfect solution. By using the
hardware locking feature, it allows me to create a “key” specific to
the customers individual PC. DoneEx provides the ability for the
customer send you the customers PC identity so you can create the
customers key which is specific to the customers individual PC. Again,
I asked my hacker friends to find a way to beat this security feature
and again they could not!
Conclusion:
Protecting my work and
providing a simple effective licensing method was all I needed to
convince me to purchase DoneEx. The features of DoneEx alone are
amazing. The real benefit of doing business with the DoneEx folks is
the beyond excellent service they provide. Anytime I had a question or
needed a suggestion the DoneEx team were there to assist me. The
support has always been superior to any support I have ever been given
by any software provider! I remember several occasions when the DoneEx
team have added custom features which only I needed – what service!
In summary, I can only hope that my customers are as happy with my software application as I am with my DoneEx purchase.
John P. Smithmyer
Director,
Georgia Appraiser School.
www.georgiaappraiserschool.com
What an efficient tool!
DoneEx has developed a very efficient tool to control the distribution
of XLS files. The access of the compiled XLS file is controlled by a
very efficient license key management. Moreover, this tool hides all the
formulas and just display the results.
Once converted to EXE, the size of the tool is reduced by the half. The
Export/Import feature is very useful especially if the source file is
heavy: it allows to save the data in a 10kb file.
This tool also solves the problem of Excel versions: once compiled, it
can be run with any version of Excel.
Another important advantage of DoneEx is the reactive after-sale
support.
Arnaud Bisson
Product Line Manager
Alcatel-Lucent
Fantastic Product! Make money selling spreadsheets!
This is a fantastic product! It creates the possibility to sell
spreadsheets without loss of business by customers sharing the file. I
use the hardware-locking feature to secure spreadsheets for sale on
OPSMATH.COM. I have made many suggestions to the DoneEx team for
improvements that they implemented quickly. They regularly support the
product with updates and improvements, like the recent Windows Vista
support.
Jack A. Wetzel
President, Topview Consulting
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