> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Purcell
> Sent: 30 May 2002 21:27
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Protecting your Resources?
>
>
> Usually, you can view a Palm app's resources by simply opening
> the *.prc file in Constructor. However, I have noticed that if
> you try to open an Astraware product in Constructor, all bitmap
> resources are EMPTY! This is great because it prevents people
> from viewing your bitmap resources!
>
> I've also found other protection schemes that will crash constructor
> completely if you try to open the PRC file. Once again,
> preventing anyone from viewing their resources (bitmaps, etc.)
>
> Does anyone know how they do this??
>
> Thanks!
>
Most of our graphics are transferred in my own proprietary compression
format, and so constructor etc won't have a clue how to open them. These
are attached as binary resources, and I'm pretty sure not as tbmp :)
(What any tbmp resources would be doing in our software anymore I don't
know! There's a few older games that might use them, I think).
If you want to make it difficult for anyone to use your graphics, you
might encode them in your own format, but anyone who wants to steal your
graphics (its happened to us) can just as easily screen-shot using the
emulator. (*sigh*)
Regards,
Howard.
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Howard Tomlinson - CEO - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.astraware.com/
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