>>>Well, that's unfortunate. Then, why is there an option to encrypt the EXE, if decompilers can still decode it?
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>>>>Sorry no, you can brand an executable with Refox but this only stops Refox from decompiling.
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>>It makes it "human" unreadable. (Like it wasn't before???) :)
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>Well then... if ENCRYPT does not protect the source, and ReFox only brands EXEs to prevent ITSELF from decompiling it, is there a way to ensure proprietary rights to the application? Or, is that, in a nutshell, the whole reason for seemingly worthless copyright law?
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>Michael

Yeah, I think Craig B. pretty well summed it up. It's your responsibility to make sure that your copyright is enforced.

FWIW, I know of no absolute way to make sure that ANY software product is fully protected from decompilation. It's just a little easier to "decompile" FoxPro since it's an interpreted language.

But since you've brought the subject up, I personally think its awful that Microsoft does not provide some sort of "protection" mechanism to any/all of their products.