You can always convert a number to a string and encrypt that and reverse the process on the other end. You can also use the data as bytes but you'll have to use the wwDotnetBridge helpers directly.

+++ Rick ---


>Hi,
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>Client has asked that key fields in their tables be encrypted (native VFP tables). This is fairly easy to do via wwEncryption from WestWind - at least for text data.
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>For numeric data, the data has to be converted to a string, then encrypted and then stored as a string (same goes for date data).
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>Question: instead of encrypting the numeric data, is there any other field type that I could convert the data to such that it would obfuscate it (render it less meaningful for the casual hacker) and to save a round trip through converting to string, encrypting and back again?
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>I thought of storing a log value to the table but I think the amount of decimals stored is going to throw off the conversions.
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>Anyhow, just thought I would ask in case someone who does more "mathy" stuff knows if VFP has some capability I am not aware of.
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>Thanks,