How to expand on the following entry to include alphanumeric values exceeding 10 digits

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I am curious to know if any of you was brave enough to try and expand on the code in the following entry by Maz2331 (License Keys in VB.NET - Revisited[^]) to be able to use alphanumeric values longer than 10 digits.

I might be completely wrong in my assumption but the code limits the user (us the developers) to use alphanumeric values exceeding 10 digits and therefore limits automation or at least constrains us to a set limitation of either entering the data manually, design a separate application to generate numeric codes, or develop a routine that converts an alphanumeric string to a numeric value of no more than 10 digits.

I would really appreciate some guidelines to achieve this using the code listed in the post. It is probably already in the code somewhere but my knowledge is limited and therefore I am a little handicapped to expand on the code without compromising the integrity and stability of the code itself.

Posted 12-Jul-14 6:51am

Tino Fourie

Updated 12-Jul-14 6:52am

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Tino Fourie · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-12T13:07:00

I would like to thank the person who down voted this question. Your actions motivated me to find a solution myself and one 10mg Ritalin tablet helped me focus on the problem to find the correct solution without compromising the correctness and stability of the code.

Edit:

QFPZBZSKLWNNWQKELW4AT2YRLA

It is amazing to see how much information this 26 character code represents. One day when you start using Cryptography, you will understand.