Mark/Dar,
The standalone is a game shell designed for use by teachers. They will create the subject content to be imported into the Questions and Answer fields.
You can see it at:
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cet/SB/tw_jeop/This web page contains some screen snapshots, movies of the game being played, and the executable (still "beta") file. It works. But right now the teacher can import a new game file (that they create) and play the game. However once they quit and reopen the game all their settings are reset to mine when I saved the standalone. The settings.txt file will allow them to save their own preferences (game times, categories, Questions and Answers, # daily doubles, row values, password, etc.). Providing for encryption of this info (especially the password) will allow the teacher to control the default settings.
There are three cards;
1. a splash screen with an animation & some music
2. the "Game Room" where the game is played
3. the "Control Room" (access to which is password protected- every attempt to open that card generates a "Please enter your password" dialog box) where the game (via the "settings.txt" file) can be modified.
The text file would contain the encrypted password- but unless the un-encrypted password is provided as well the new user (distanced learning students in this instance) could not get into the "Control Room" to change the game. BUT when the student opens the game it will automatically be configured as the teacher wants it to be.
Steve
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This will work just fine. I would need to know more about the purpose of this password. If a user sent the .txt file to a friend with your app, it would work just fine on the friend's system as well.
Is the purpose to lock the software to a particular system? or To store user data?
-- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com
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