Good day fellow programmers.
I have developed a windows application in VB.NET and it is almost at deployment stage. I am looking to deploy every copy with its own unique Serial. I am planning to write some code where the application queries a web based database to see if the issued serial has been used or not. I don't want to query the database directly as there are all sort of security issues with this. The short answer I found all over the internet is "Web service". I know I need a intermediary to act between my application and the web based database. Unfortunately, I can't find any tutorials on how to go about this and I cant afford to get someone to do this for me so I have to do it myself. ANY help in this regard would be greatly appreciated, whether it be an example or just a link to a decent tutorial. Thanks in advance.
I have developed a windows application in VB.NET and it is almost at deployment stage. I am looking to deploy every copy with its own unique Serial. I am planning to write some code where the application queries a web based database to see if the issued serial has been used or not. I don't want to query the database directly as there are all sort of security issues with this. The short answer I found all over the internet is "Web service". I know I need a intermediary to act between my application and the web based database. Unfortunately, I can't find any tutorials on how to go about this and I cant afford to get someone to do this for me so I have to do it myself. ANY help in this regard would be greatly appreciated, whether it be an example or just a link to a decent tutorial. Thanks in advance.