IC HPT BIN Converter TRIAL v1.0
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FULL-FUNCTION TRIAL — 10 FILE CREDITS

The trial includes the complete workflow:
- Open HPT / BIN
- Edit VIN
- HPT -> BIN
- BIN -> HPT
- Export Segments
- Integrity Report
- Compare BIN / HPT
- Verify

CREDIT RULES
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- Open / Compare / Verify are free and do not consume credits.
- A credit is consumed only after a successful write/export operation.
- One distinct source file = one credit.
- Reusing the SAME source file for other full functions does NOT consume
  another credit.
- Renaming an identical file does not create another credit because the
  source contents are fingerprinted with SHA-256.
- Maximum: 10 distinct source files per computer.
- When all credits are used, write/export functions display:
      FULL VERSION REQUIRED

TRIAL STATE
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Trial usage is stored under Windows ProgramData and is tied to the local
machine using a signed state file. This is suitable for trial distribution,
but like all offline client-side protection it should not be considered
impossible to bypass by a determined reverse engineer.

BUILD
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Double-click:
    BUILD_TRIAL_EXE.bat

It builds the EXE, creates:
    Desktop\IC HPT BIN Converter TRIAL.lnk
and launches it automatically.

INSTALLER
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After building the EXE:
    BUILD_TRIAL_INSTALLER.bat

The TRIAL installs separately from the commercial Full version.
