Add fields from stack in data directory to standalone

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sun Dec 5 21:54:30 EST 2004


Troy Rollins wrote:
> 
> On Dec 5, 2004, at 9:27 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> 
>> My stack stores its data in custom properties so it should be 
>> protected the same way that the scripts are. My understanding is that 
>> text in fields is not protected by the password but text in custom 
>> properties is.
> 
> 
> Not true. Custom properties are wide-open, even on password protected 
> stacks.

You're both right: custom props are encrypted when saved to disk, so 
viewing the saved file with a binary editor will yield nothing readable.

However, in order for scripts to be able to use custom props they are 
automatically decrypted at runtime, and can be viewed and edited without 
the password in the IDE.

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