>Hi All,
>I'm using my vfp application to access mysql data on the internet via odbc driver. When I open my exe file using notepad++, its surprised me because I can see my MySql password.
>Really need help.

If you have your VFP project open, you can click on the menu Project...Project Info, there is an Encrypted checkbox option (see attached image). I don't know if it encrypts string literals, such as passwords, so it may not help in your case.

One thing you could do would be to encrypt your password using a function, say from Craig Boyd's library: http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/spsblog/2009/08/09/MajorVFPEncryptionUpdate.aspx . You would then decrypt it at runtime. If you do that, you'd have to store the encrypted value, and the encryption key, but it wouldn't be obvious what a cracker would have to do to get the password.