Hi Peter,

I am having some initial difficulties that hopefuly can be overcome. Some questions:

In my case Team 1 will develop an exe and provide some dlls and an ocx. (By the way, can the the VFP dlls be inside the MoleBox package? I mean vfp9r.dll and vfp9renu.dll? That would open other possibilities.) Team 2 will only provide an app file. Do you know how file 2 must be prepared with Molebox since it does not include an exe, only an app file? Do files provided by team 2 need to be included in the same exe package as those provided by team 1?

In general I would prefer a single exe file that extracts other files [by using strtofile(filetostr(myapp.app_),myapp.app)] in order to make sure file versions are always synchronized.

Another question: what do you mean by "same map"?

Thanks,

Alex

>>I am looking to divide my monolithic application in two parts. Part two will be developed at at different site and provided in encrypted form. Both parts need to run in the same memory space for performace and sharing of routines.
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>>I think these conditions rules out a dll for part two, correct? What options are available?
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>Are you in search of an encryption tool to prevent cracking? In that case you can use Molebox PRO (www.molebox.com).
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>Suppose team 1 develops the EXE, certain APPs and a DLL. Team 2 develops certain APPs and DLLs.
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>Team 1 can deliver an EXE that includes their APPs and DLLs. Team 2 can deliver a file that includes the APPs and DLLs. Team 1 needs to know the NAME of that FILE only. Both teams need to use the same encryption key. When the two files are put together in the same map, the EXE will find the referenced file, will know how to decrypt it and all will be fine.
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>Another scenario: Team 1 delivers the EXE and several separate APPs and DLLs. Team 2 delivers separate APPs and DLLs. Team 1 needs to know the NAMES of the FILES (of team 1 and 2) only. Both teams need to use the same encryption key for all files. (All files will be encrypted seperately.) When ALL files are put together in the same map, the EXE will find all referenced files, will know how to decrypt them and all will be fine.
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>I feel pretty sure about the second scenario. The first scenarion hasn't been tested by me, because I prefer many files.
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>One more note: Molebox Pro claims that there is no longer a need to register the DLLs with regsvr32 if they are included.