Protecting stacks

[J. Landman Gay]

On 11/2/12 6:49 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:

> I see that in the Standalone Application Settings I can protect scripts
> of stack files in the application. However, I have stack files that are
> NOT in the application--the app just serves to launch files. How do I
> protect the scripts in those files?

Passwords will protect the scripts, but Mark was right that if the 
stacks are separate files, another LiveCode app or the IDE could open 
and read them. If possible I'd put them all into the same app as substacks.

>
> I can image when the files launch in the LiveCode IDE, a password is
> asked, and a global is set to allow authoring. But what about when it's
> opened as a raw text file?

Asking for a password won't work if messages are off; scripts won't run. 
Mark's idea of using encrypted content that is displayed dynamically 
could work.

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