That just about sums it up Alan :)
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 19 November 2014 06:35 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFPENCRYPTION The FLL is written in C++. At a guess, since his/our software is deployed on thousands of sites, Paul does not want to introduce dependencies on now ancient VC runtimes for an FLL with no source available and whose author is off the air these days. I use it in a few customization projects and it decides to be a pain on some PCs even then. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, at 03:29 AM, Dan Covill wrote: > Paul, > > What Mike said. Since the task is near-enough to impossible, we need to > hear more > about why you 'need' to do it. > > Most likely, the reason ENCRYPT is in an FLL is that is wasn't practical > to do it in native fox code; > it's probably in C++ (or C# or Java or something similar). And if MS > found it infeasible, then I'd guess > you're going to have a little trouble with it also. > > So it's time to give a bit more thought to what the REAL problem is. > Sounds like you need encryption > but something is getting in the way of using the FLL. So, > a. What alternative encryption methods are available? > b. Why isn't the FLL working? > An answer to either one should solve your problem. > > (I'm always a bit flabbergasted by questions along the general line of, > "My boss wants me to re-write > Windows in Visual Basic. How do I do that?") > > Dan > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:20:41 -0500 > > From: mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com > > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > > Subject: Re: VFPENCRYPTION > > > > On 2014-11-18 11:40, Paul Newton wrote: > >> Hi all > >> > >> I need to be able to replicate the ENCRYPT function in VFPENCRYPTION > >> in native fox code rather than loading the FLL. Any ideas? > > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > Why can't you just use the FLL? > > > > --Mike > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/9a8106afb0ef9b44b69045c4448935a270ba2...@nlbawexmbx1.infor.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
