Yes. There are other options, but I was hoping that LiveCode could do it in an easier way. At worse, the encryption could be as simple as Base64.
> On Mar 4, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Monte Goulding <mo...@appisle.net> wrote: > > I wouldn't expect imageData to be an issue in HTML5 but encryption seems like > a stretch at this stage. Does it need to be in a browser? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 5 Mar 2016, at 8:35 AM, Colin Holgate <colinholg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I’ve been tasked with a problem to solve, and I think I can use any tool to >> do it. LiveCode could be a good choice. Here’s what’s needed: >> >> A PDF is online somewhere. A logged in user asks for it, and the server >> encrypts it before sending over, using some sort of key that was in the >> query. On receiving the data, the client side would have to unencrypted it, >> and show it as the original PDF in a browser. >> >> I feel sure there are some difficulties in there, such as whether Javascript >> can write a file to the user’s hard drive, and then show it in a browser. In >> LiveCode terms, one solution would be to send it as encrypted image data, >> and then set the imagedata of an image to the unencrypted version (if >> setting imagedata is allowed in the HTML5 export from LiveCode). >> >> Do you all see other difficulties, or maybe simple solutions to the problem? >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
