The saga continues:
Setting the passkey in the preOpenStack script (or other startup
script) certainly allows a project (wherein objects need to be copied)
to function normally. But now that preOpenStack messages get sent in
the IDE in dp-5, I realize this technique of setting the passkey
defeats part of the purpose of password-protecting a stack, since
scripts can be viewed in the IDE (since simply opening the stack in
the IDE unprotects it).
(It still does prevent the code from being read from disk by a text
editor.)
Bottom line: To use the password property effectively in a project
where objects need to be copied, there needs to be some kind of
security check before setting the passkey.
Hope this helps someone down the line!
On Feb 26, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Josh Mellicker wrote:
Once upon a time, a programmer was working on a project, with many
handlers that copy objects, for example, copy groups into groups to
form scrolling groups, and everything was working great, and the
programmer was very happy, and then, as a last step, he password
protected the stack, then, the next day...
BLAMO!!!! Strange, bizarre things happened. Groups would not copy.
Death and destruction reigned. Monitors came crashing out windows.
Expletives burned the ears of innocent bystanders.
This programmer then leapt off a cliff, ending it all.
MORAL: If he had only put a single line of code:
set the passkey of this stack to "swordfish"
in the preOpenStack script, all would be fine.
Please, tell your kids about "passkey", don't let them suffer a
similar fate!
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