Thanks Ken. I'll take a look at it. Does anyone recommend a particular style of encryption ? I would assume that I don't need to go to the nth degree - simplicity is key, as those dedicated to hacking it will probably do so.
Actually, the following article gives some tips, so I will examine these first: http://inner-smile.com/nocrack.phtml Thanks to all, Darren -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Adam Sent: 29 April 2005 19:08 To: 'Borland's Delphi Discussion List' Subject: RE: Array of byte to string conversion Have a look at the JVCL component TJvDataEmbedded. This lets you store any file (text or binary) within your EXE and then load from it at run-time. You could pre-encrypt the source strings in a text file, or modify TJvDataEmbedded to encrypt/decrypt on the fly. Ken -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Hahn Sent: 28 April 2005 13:43 To: 'Borland's Delphi Discussion List' Subject: RE: Array of byte to string conversion Couldn't the data be protected by splitting into 1 character constants and storing at different place in the program (and reassembled as needed?) This would prohibit a contiguous string from being examined. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thomas Hahn Hahn Technology, Inc. Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hahntech.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi

