Visual FoxPro Version 5 - Encode / Decode

Keith,
One freeware solution to encryption is the CryptPak by Milan Kosina
(http://milan.jikos.cz/). Another is CIPHER50.FLL based on work by Tom
Rettig and available at the UT (http://www.universalthread.com/ ) in the
Download area.

And of course, if you are only encrypting fields you can always "roll =
your
own" - high powered encryption schemes are severely crippled when you =
use
short data strings, so your algorithm will be just as "secure".

Note: Make sure you are using SP 3 with VFP 5.0

Rick

"Keith" <krobinsonkr@yahoo.com> wrote in message =
news:3f46af35$1@tnews.web.dev-archive.com...
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> Hello,
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> I am new to VFP and trying to find a simple, inexpensive and foolproof =
way
> to protect a VFP Database and application programs on CDs. In other =
words
> ensure, that only authorised users will be able to use the CD.
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> My understanding is, that VFP does not have native encoding/decoding.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Thank you,
> Keith