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Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Fri Jun 13 21:06:00 EDT 2003


Dar Scott wrote:

>> -- First we turn it into a single line to avoid runtime script
>> limits:
>> put base64encode(tData) into tData
> 
> I think this puts line breaks at 72 characters.  I think the base64
> standard limits lines to 76 characters.  It should do no harm to remove
> all of them, if a single line is really needed.
> 
>> --- tuck it in a script:
>> set the script of someObject to tData
> 
> Will this generate compile errors?
> 
> Maybe if this is commented with /* */, the script limit would not apply
> and removing line-ends above would not be needed.
> 
>> -- encrypt the scripts of the stack:
>> set the passkey of this stack to "MyPassword"
>> 
>> To retrieve the data you set the password, get the script, and pass it
>> through base64decode.
> 
> And maybe un-comment, if needed.
> 
> I'd like to hear how this works out.

It worked out much better in a post from April when I slowed down enough to
think about what I was doing. ;)



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