Rick, You can compress (zip) the images using MC's "compress" command, and then when you read them in, uncompress them using the "decompress" command. For more security, you can "base64encode" them as well (reverse with "base64decode").
Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:20 AM Subject: image protection > I have developed a MC application for one of the instructors. It > allows the user to view images from a huge data base. All the images are > in various folders on a CD and are imported and displayed individually. > The owner of the images has just realized that the images can be easily > copied from the CD. I don't want to try to import all the images into the > stack as some form of copy protection as this would make the stack huge > and take forever to load. > Is there any way to hide, encrypt, whatever, the images so that they > are not as easily seen and copied and still keep the actual stack small > and fast loading. This stack runs from an autoload, hybrid CD on both Mac > and WinDOZ platforms. > Thanks > Rick > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > :: PLAN!! I'd rather be surprised. > :: F.A. (Rick) Rice, Instructor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :: Div. of Sciences and Health Sciences Phone: (250) 828-5424 > :: The University College of the Cariboo Fax: (250) 828-5450 > :: 900 McGill Road > :: Box 3010 > :: Kamloops, BC > :: V2C 5N3 > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
