Balsamiq Mockups

[emily]

Hey hive mind, do any of you manage users that use Balsamiq Mockups? I'm trying to figure out an extension attribute that can report the installed registration key, but I cannot for the life of me find where the key is stored. I checked the usual places (/Library/Applications/, inside the app itself, etc.) but can't find a file that references a key at all. Does anyone have experience with this app? Has anyone ever tried building an EA to find the registration key?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[kish_jayson]

Haven't tried creating an Extension Attribute to report on this, but I can tell you the license information is stored in the home directory of each user. I learned this from their support team when trying to repackage the software using our volume license key. It certainly has complicated things for our automated deployment.

[emily]

Were you able to deploy at all just using Composer and having it capture the entry of the registration key? I used composer to capture an install but I didn't see the key anywhere in the files captured. Tricky…

[kish_jayson]

To be honest I haven't used Composer to package the software. Instead I just opted to use PackageMaker and only deploy the application to the /Applications directory. Then I apply the license after-the-fact using the following method and Apple Remote Desktop:

http://support.balsamiq.com/customer/portal/articles/133390-silent-mockups-for-desktop-installation

I gave up trying to capture the license file since it's not stored in a system wide location and because we have such a small number of users whom utilize this software.

[emily]

So is there actually a license file? Somewhere?

[kish_jayson]

Yes. It's actually stored in one of the two following folders located at ~/Library/Preferences/.

BalsamiqMockupsForDesktop
BalsamiqMockupsForDesktop.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.1

Presumably inside one of the database (.db) files.