[AccessD] Hiding Table in mde

Rocky,

Search the archives for "Copy Protection".  There was a long discussion of
this topic and recommendations for several add-in products during October
2001.

Joe O'Connell


-----Original Message-----
From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software <bchacc at san.rr.com>
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Hiding Table in mde


|A.D.:
|
|What I'm trying to do is copy protect my program by putting a data bomb in
|the opening form.  Right now it's hard coded into the module's OnOpen
event.
|I was going to put the date bomb into a table but that table is accessible
|to the user even in an mde.
|
|So I was trying to hide the table.  But a more direct way would be to be
|able to alter the line of code in the mde which contains the expire date.
|
|I've cooked up a more elaborate scheme now but haven't settled on a final
|approach.  I want the user to be able to call or email their serial number
|and I give them a code to change the expiration date in their system.  I've
|done a key like this before for another client so I've got all the
|code/decode stuff worked out.
|
|I'm just searching around for the simplest solution to protecting my
|product.
|
|Regards,
|
|Rocky
|
|----- Original Message -----
|From: "A.D.Tejpal" <adtp at touchtelindia.net>
|To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
|<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
|Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:57 AM
|Subject: Re: [AccessD] Hiding Table in mde
|
|
|Rocky,
|
|    Could you kindly confirm that you wish to add a new program module for
|manipulating existing objects in an mde - without having to go through the
|conventional steps of first altering the code in original mdb and then
|converting it into a fresh mde.
|
|    If this be the case, an interesting solution could be adopted, so as to
|meet your requirement.
|
|Regards,
|A.D.Tejpal
|--------------
|  ----- Original Message -----
|  From: Charlotte Foust
|  To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
|  Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 23:10
|  Subject: RE: [AccessD] Hiding Table in mde
|
|
|  Code can't be modified in an mde at all, programmatically or otherwise.
|  That's the whole point.
|
|  Charlotte Foust
|
|  -----Original Message-----
|  From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
|  Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:55 PM
|  To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
|  Subject: Re: [AccessD] Hiding Table in mde
|
|
|  Doug:
|
|  That would work but I'd prefer not to have the file external.  Can code
|  be modified programmatically in an mde?
|
|  Rocky
|
|  ----- Original Message -----
|  From: "Doug Murphy" <dw-murphy at cox.net>
|  To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
|  <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
|  Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 12:38 PM
|  Subject: RE: [AccessD] Hiding Table in mde
|
|
|  > One way to do this is to not put it in the database, but use an
|  > external file that is encrypted.  Set the system up so it won't run if
|
|  > the file isn't present and make the file hard for folks to find.
|  >
|  > Doug
|  >
|  > Douglas Murphy
|  > Murphy's Creativity
|  > (619) 334-5121
|  > doug at murphyscreativity.com
|  > www.murphyscreativity.com
|  >
|  >
|  >
|  >
|  > -----Original Message-----
|  > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
|  > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky
|  > Smolin
|  > - Beach Access Software
|  > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:41 AM
|  > To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
|  > Subject: [AccessD] Hiding Table in mde
|  >
|  >
|  > Dear List:
|  >
|  > Is there a way to prevent a user from importing a table from an mde
|  > into an mdb without putting a password on the mde?  I'm trying to
|  > build a serial number/upgrade/license extension function into an app
|  > and will be storing the data in a front end table.
|  >
|  > TIA,
|  >
|  > Rocky Smolin
|  > Beach Access Software
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