Subject Re: encryption From Heinz Kesting <Nobody@Nowhere.com> Date Sat, 3 Feb 2024 18:33:16 +0100 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Charlie, > Hmmm..  I failed to mention that the program and data are only going to be housed on a local computer.  I want the password to protect someone from breaking into the program and/or somehow encrypt the data.  If there is another way to accomplish that, can you give me a hint as to where I might find info ? > I'm not really sure what you are asking for, but if it's about encrypting the data in your table, and PROTECT is not your friend, then the DIY route is the way to go. The idea is, before you save the data to the table, change the entryfield's value by some algorithm. Say your field holds the string "AbcD", so you could, for example, store in the table just the ASCII values of each character increased by a value of your own choice, let's use 3 here for an example. Your function would change the string entered by the user from "AbcD" to: 06810110269 (the ASCII value for each character incremented by 3) So you would store the value 06810110269 in the table. When reading the table, you would reverse the process und display the decrypted value. Looking at the table's contents from the IDE would then be some kind of funny number puzzle ... Of course, there's nothing to stop you from improving this "algorithm" if you want it more complicated. However, this will never reach "bullet proof" professional level, so you decide. I could help if you're interested in it. Kind regards, Heinz