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>>>>>
>>>>>We have the option to encrypt. That is the name we use, not encoding.
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>>>>It is not encryption no matter what you want to call it. It is encoding. They are not the same.
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>>>
>>>VFP doc:
>>>
>>>ENCRYPT
>>>
>>>... ENCRYPT prevents access to the original source programs. For additional source code protection, always include this option when compiling programs intended for distribution.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>>Yes Fabio, I understand the help file :) But that is not encryption. Encryption without the use of a key, like a password, is not encryption. It is simply encoding.
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>>And the help file is obviously wrong since it does not prevent access to the original source code either. It at best hinders access, but does not prevent it :)
>
>The key it is within vfp runtime.

Then it is not secret and is distributed with the application and is therefore useless and pointless :) Are you sure you do not mean the algorithm that performs the encoding is within the runtime?