Encrypted stack doesn't behave properly - oops; yes it does.
Mark Talluto
revlists at canelasoftware.com
Tue Sep 2 19:49:00 EDT 2003
On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 12:39 PM, Barry Levine wrote:
> Turns out my problem is the encryption of the stack. I was referring
> to the names of image objects which, of course, are encrypted with you
> set the password property to anything other than empty.
>
> The encryption yields a host of problems. I was copying an image
> (already in the stack) to the stack. Nope; can't do this as the stack
> has become non-modifiable.
>
> All of my code works fine as long as I don't have a password set -or-
> set the passkey when I open the stack.
>
> All I want to do is protect my code from view if someone tries to
> examine my stacks with Rev or with TextEdit. How can I do this?
> Obviously, this is not the application but a secondary stack (not
> sub-) whose data gets altered and saved during runtime. I can't ask
> the user to provide the password as I want to keep it a secret.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Barry
>
Set the passkey when the stack is opened. Then set the password before
saving the data stack again.
Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com
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