Is it normal to not be able to set script of objects in an encrypted stack?

[Tom Glod]

Hey Mike,

Good thinking.... that is indeed a great idea for workaround for this
problem.  Thank you, will put that in my back pocket for the future.

Happy New Year everyone!!!

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 1:40 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Glad you solved it, but as long as we're throwing ideas around, you should
> be able to have a script of a button use do, so you really can have it do
> anything. You would just put the script into a variable, make the variable
> global, and have the button do the variable.
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 6:20 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey guys, while this is interesting to know and think about ..... i
> solved
> > my problem by not needing to set the script.
> >
> > Thanks for taking time
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:54 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I thought for a standalone if you "set the passKey of stack "x" to "y"
> > you
> > > will be able to modify scripts. This will only be in ram. If your
> > > standalone
> > > saves the stack then do "set the password of stack to "y" before
> saving.
> > If
> > > someone is scraping ram memory then you have a problem, but if someone
> is
> > > scraping memory you have bigger problems.
> > >
> > > Ralph DiMola
> > > IT Director
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> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> > > Behalf
> > > Of Tom Glod via use-livecode
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2021 4:34 PM
> > > To: How to use LiveCode
> > > Cc: Tom Glod
> > > Subject: Re: Is it normal to not be able to set script of objects in an
> > > encrypted stack?
> > >
> > > Hmmm....I hear you, that makes sense.
> > >
> > > On the flip side, as soon as I want to set the script of a button, I'm
> > > doomed to have my code remain readable. I gotta think of a workaround
> for
> > > why I was setting the script to begin with.
> > >
> > > Thanks MIke.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 2:43 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> > > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would hope that would be the behavior. It would also make it harder
> > > > for your stack to get borked by someone else.
> > > > If I was trying to break that behavior I would try to put the code
> > > > into a variable, encrypt the variable using the password, then set
> the
> > > > script of the object to the encrypted version, although I don't know
> > > > what algorithm LC is using.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 2:13 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode <
> > > > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Today I found out that if I put a password on my stack, any code
> > > > > that
> > > > sets
> > > > > the script of an object in that stack receives an execution error
> > > > > when running as standalone.
> > > > >
> > > > >  Why is this so?
> > > > >
> > > > > And is there a workaround?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
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