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Is there any way of making sure that the guy doesnt pull a fast on on us? Can we ensure that he cannot duplicate the thing and start selling it without sharing the profit.

Well, I suppose you could get it copyrighted before you hand it over for distribution. I'd also put my logo and other info somewhere in the code, such as an "About" box. They would have a hard time saying it wasn't yours.

You are missing the point. Lets say a firm X is marketing my product. Now if they sell 500,000 copies and tell me that they have sold only 100,000, I have no way of figuring out.

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Ok, I see what your looking for now. How about tracking the number of product registrations, either via a mail-in card or fax? I'm assuming that since this is a product to be sold, not given away, that persons purchasing the program would most likely take the time to fill out a product registration card and send it in. Since not everyone fills these cards out, it is not a 100% accurate method, but if there were any major discrepancies, then you would be aware of it. Thomas J. Sawyer sawyer@nextek.com