>

>llTongueInCheek = .T.
>
>if llTongueInCheek
>	Really?  Strange...my <i>theoretical</i> customers didn't seem to mind
>	at all.  I just filled the screen with a pretty splash image that has a
>	horizontally scrolling gradient on the bottom...they're <b>completely</b>
>	mesmerized by it.  (Works for Microsoft right?)
>endif llTongueInCheek
>

>
>>>Hmmm...true, but you could unencrypt it just before running it. In theory, it seems to me, a program could be written (not necessarily in VFP) to unencrypt the file to a random name as a hidden file, then delete it when the app is closed. Not bullet proof, but a few more obsticles.
>>>
>>>>Again, there is no way you can encrypt the compiled application. The Fox interpreter, whether it be the runtime or the development version, will not be able to read and iterpret the compiled code.
>>
>>The first thing my users would say is "It takes too long to load".


LOL...I knew you were going to say that. But, loading the OS is different than loading an application. By the time you unencrypt the EXE, they could have loaded any number of things including HTML Help, IE, even PowerPoint.