>>VFP 3.0 (Windows 3.1)
>>My company's internal EDP auditor asks me whether is it possible to prevent users from accessing data via the MS/DOS prompt, though the application resides on a Novell server. I came up with the following options :
>>1. Encrypt all data files , OR
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>You need a third-party product to do this. VFP doesn't provide any data encryption.
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>>2. Amend Novell's login script to activate application, by-passing Program Manager (i.e. WIN APP.EXE)
>> Prevent users from accessing Windows - DOS Prompt
>> Upon quiting application, quit Winows and Logout from network.
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>>Either way..anyone one know how to go about doing it?
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>>If answer to option 1 is to include data files in Project and compile using Encrypt, what are the consequences?
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>Data files are not included in the exe and are not encrypted in VFP. In FPW 2.6 you could include data into exe, but it made data files read-only.
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>>Can data be added on ? I mean adding new records, amending etc.? Would the EXE be too large? It's already about 6.5MB.
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>>As for option 2, how to disable ALT-TAB(switch windows)?
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>>Please help..
>>You may assume these users have all rights to the data directory.
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>The only way I know to do this is to use encryption products like the ones mentioned by Michel.
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>Vlad

Trying mapping the path to the data only when users are logging into the application and clear the drive mapping when they log out. That way they can only see it the data when they are using your application.