>Hi Brian,
>
>The password storage method is very interesting, honestly I'm now headache with the password manipulate on the connection string, especailly my boss appreciate a really security enviorment. Can I get some more information about this? Let say, how can I get the string from the encoded EXE form.
>
>Thanks alot
>ASTON

Here is a simple way for storing the password for a connection string.

declare a global variable called for the username and password

i.e. global glob_sUsername as string

In an init function set the values like this.
glob_sUsername = CHR(68) + CHR(65) + CHR(94)

etc. Use the numeric values of each character and use these functions. That way the binary doesn't show the passwords and username in plain text. Of course and experienced hacker would then just run a memory editor and search but that would require a lot of skill and determination.