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Article #11761Re: add config data to end of file
From: Rodrigo
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 02:47
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 02:47
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dude: you are dealing with the obscure corners of software... If "exe s" were be able to modify themselves, software would not be pirated so easy. If your customer wants to change the image and settings manually and the real purpose is that clients don't mess with them too easy, then you can use a propietary encription routine. You could make a separate application to load the settings and images into an encripted file and implement a decription routine within you app. Something else you can do is hardcode a path within your app and make it connect over the internet (or a LAN) to transparently download stuff it needs from a centralized location, however the payoff is too big. Standalone exes are not flexible, flexibility is achieved with dlls and config files (or registry settings)... regards. <Rodrigo>
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