[AscToHTM] Documentation for AscToHTM conversion utility ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Purchasing AscToHTM 7.1 Why should I purchase AscToHTM? You need a reason? What kind of a skinflint are you? Oh well... you know the score... I've got a wife/kids/habit/computer to support, whatever. Delete as applicable. More seriously, if people don't play fair by me, then I'll be less inclined to fix it / extend it / enhance it, and you'll have to write your own version or buy the Microsoft one when it finally comes out (just kidding Bill). 7.2 What happens if I don't register AscToHTM? Oohhh lots of things... The shareware version of the program comes with a nominal expiry date. Each time the program runs it will tell you how may days left you have. During this period the program is fully functional, but inserts a one line reminder to register at the top of each HTML page generated. This line is easily deleted from the output source file, but we expect this to become quite tedious if the program is used repeatedly, particularly when large documents are split into a number of small files. This feature is disabled in the registered version. Once the nominal expiry date is reached, the software starts to degrade through a number of levels. Think of them as DEFCON 1... DEFCON 2 etc and you'll have the right sort of idea. During this period the software remains fully functional, but the resultant HTML becomes less and less usable. For example, at one stage all your hyperlinks might be replaced by ones pointing to the registration page for AscToHTM. By the time the software is fully degraded the software will still be demonstrating its full capablities whilst no longer being of any further use to you. Of course... you could always try and find a new shareware version... but by that time I'll have thought of something more devilish, and it will still have the reminder to register at the top of each page. This regime is designed to make AscToHTM "guiltware"... if you're still using it by the time these features kick in then you really should pay for it (and besides it's so cheap). 7.3 I'm convinced. How to I purchase AscToHTM? First we recommend you try out the product to convince yourself that it meets your needs. You've done that right? :-) Okay, visit the registration page and follow the instructions there. Failing that send an email to jaf@yrl.co.uk with a subject line of "buy! buy! buy!" (or some such). Naturally we give such mails priority :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prev | Next | Contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 1997 John A. Fotheringham