>>>>Can anyone give some tips to protect my programs agains piracy ?
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>>>>Thanks in advance....
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>>>Arturo,
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>>>Did you mean to prevent the application from being decompiled? ReFox from http://www.xitech-europe.co.uk/ReFox.html will prevent your app from being decompiled.
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>>That's no help. UNFOXALL from CHINA can decompile ANY VFP file!
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>Bernard,
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>I've used an older copy of ReFox to decompile an in-house .APP who'se source code was lost. I have no experience with ReFox's branding capabilities which are intended to prohibit decompilation without the "key."
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>Do you have first-hand (or trusted second hand experience with UnFoxAll decompiling an .EXE that was branded by ReFox? If so, I'm sure the ReFox folks would be interested, and I'd certianly like to hear too.

As Alex says, Unfoxall does not "Respect" refox branding.

No software method is secure as the code can always be "hexedited as evidenced by the number of so called "cracking" groups around. With the almost forgotten knowledge of assembler, ANY program can be cracked. Even hardware is of no help. In these times I feel there is no real use of protection when any protection can be circumvented.

We have taken this approach and the only recourse is the courts!

With refox and others the only thing that you try to protect is the source and maybe the idea.

Cheers and Merry Xmas

Bernard