[eze_vin]

In this little tutorial i will show you how to create a very effective still very simple way to create your own serial key "generator" application.

First you have to get the keys, which you can get by cracking the desired software or the easier way would be visiting this places:

www.serialkey.net

www.zcrack.com

www.subserials.net

www.serialportal.com

supercracks.net

www.serialcrackz.com

www.serials.be

www.cracktop.com

www.cracksfm.com

www.cracklib.net

www.crackdb.org

www.theserials.com

After that you can open Visual Basic and:

Im using VB6.0 for this one, but it should work with all different versions.

* First, you want to create a form with just a textbox and 2 buttons.
/text1
/command1 , caption: generate
/command2, caption: End

Ok, that will be the Object.

Now, for the coding.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
text1.text = int(rnd * 3)
select case text1
case 0
text1.text = "SERIAL CODE1"
case 1
text1.text = "SERIAL CODE2"
case 2
text1.text = "SERIAL CODE3"
'and so on, and so on...
end select
end sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()
End
end sub




Hope this is useful to any of you. Cheers.

[Deque]

How is that a generator?
It doesn't generate any numbers, it only fools the user doing so by having a little set of serials to show. So it is only a fake tool with probably dozens of case statements (depending on the number of serials) which is pretty bad coding.

[eze_vin]

In the title i said "simplistic" and in the main text "generator". its meant to newcomers. and learn something new. it may not be usefull for you but for someone a less than average skill level may appear interesting.

Thank you.

[Coder-san]

@Op: Actually by definition, a key generator (for example from razor1911 and others) is supposed to follow some algorithm to generate, that is really generate, keys.
I'm not sure, but my best guess is that they are able to do so because the 'premium' software itself to prevent online activation and thus use a database, follow an algorithm to understand the acceptable serials. Because if you'll keep static text in your software it can be easily read by debuggers.
And that would've been something interesting.