Securing your Visual Basic Project
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Topic: Securing your Visual Basic Project
Posted By: PrivateEye
Subject: Securing your Visual Basic Project
Date Posted: 05 May 2004 at 5:32pm
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Hi I am using Visual Basic 6.0 for developing a project with MS Access at backend. I want to secure my application so that the user can't copy and run it on another computer. Is there a soid solution of this problem. I am really concern with copying of my application. Help please ------------- The Judgement Day |
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 05 May 2004 at 6:49pm
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I believe that under data base utilities, there is a menu item to create an mde file. I like to structure the project to wind up with 3 files.
Data.mdb is nothing but tables. typically, this will sit on some shared drive in a lan environment App.mdb contains your VB source code, queries, forms, etc. You link this .mdb to all of the Data.mdb tables. App.mde is the "Compiled" version of app.mdb. This is what you distribute to the individual uses desktop or put a single copy on the share. No source code is accessible. ------------- 
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Posted By: PrivateEye
Date Posted: 05 May 2004 at 8:50pm
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Thanx for the suggestion but I don't know how to wind my VB files in App.mdb file. Secondly my application will be used by SINGLE user on Stand alone computer with two major components i.e. VB Forms and Access DB. Still looking for solution... ------------- The Judgement Day |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 05 May 2004 at 9:17pm
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The preference is to separate app from data, then just distribute the data.mdb and the app.mde. If you have both app and data in one mdb and don't want to split it, you can still use the "create mde" item in the "data base utilities" menu to create an mde that doesn't have any code.
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 05 May 2004 at 9:47pm
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I'm a putz. Was working with access yesterday and read stuff into the question that wasn't there. What your looking for is lisence management. Lot of share/free ware stuff out there. A google woulf be http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=vb6+license+management+free - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8& oe=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=vb6+license+management+free -------------
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Posted By: PrivateEye
Date Posted: 07 May 2004 at 6:12pm
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I have visited the google for license management software, would you like to tell me which one is better. Thank you for your support. ------------- The Judgement Day |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 07 May 2004 at 7:34pm
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It's been a while, but I think I had used some ocx thing by Sheridan, and some installation products - InstallShield, InStyler, etc. You may want to check out the developer tools section of pcworlddownload.com. they usually have a pretty good selection and it would be more current than my recollection. -------------
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