You can set an expiration date to prevent evaluations and activations of your product after a certain date. To specify an expiration date, double-click this property, select the I want my trial to expire on this date option, and then select the appropriate date.

If you do not want the trialware version of your product to expire after a predetermined date whenever end users have not yet activated it, leave the default value of (Does not expire) for this field.

Expiration dates are often used for beta versions of a product. For example, you may want to set the expiration date to the last day of the beta trial period. When the beta trial period is over, end users can no longer use the trialware version of your product, even if they have additional days or uses remaining in their trial.

The expiration date does not affect how long the Try and Buy/Product Activation type of trialware can remain activated. Activating this type of trialware before the expiration date will make it permanently activated, unless end users deactivate the product by uninstalling it. If they deactivate the product after the expiration date, they will not be able to reactivate it.