AscToHTM Documentation for AscToHTM conversion utility
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8 Purchasing AscToHTM

8.1 Why should I purchase AscToHTM?

You need a reason? What kind of a skinflint are you?

Oh well... basically it won't do as much or work as long if you don't.

As more and more features are added, not all of them will make it into the shareware version, and those that do are likely to do so in a reduced form, with artificial limits imposed.

For example, certain "policies" are not supported in the shareware version.

Finally, the total number of lines that can be processed is limited to 500. Lines after that have their text replaced, so that the layout and format are still fine, but the content is garbage (randomly converted to upper case).


8.2 What happens if I don't register the shareware version of AscToHTM?

Originally I wanted to produce a fully-featured, but time-limited shareware version. However, for various reasons I'm probably going to move to producing a largely-featured - i.e. "crippled" :( - version without time limit.

Sorry 'bout that.

At present 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 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.

Also, only the first 500 lines are converted faithfully. Any lines after the first 500 are converted, but have their content changed, (by randomizing the case) rendering them useless to you, whilst still giving you a fair idea of what the registered version would do.

Finally, some of AscToHTM's features are of limited scope or unsupported in the shareware version.


8.3 Can't I get something for nothing?

Only if you fall into either of the following two categories:

We VMS users pay too much for software (when we can get it), so the VMS version of this software is made available for free.


8.4 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 :-)



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