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Building a secure add-in
I want to build an add-in and distribute it, but would like to secure it as
much as possible. From other comments it is obvious that just putting a password on the project is not very secure. Does anyone have any suggestions. Jeff |
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Building a secure add-in
The only secure way is to create it as a VB DLL, but that requires a full
version of VB, and is much more work. Oh, there is also XLL, but I have never used these so I cannot comment on what is required, how difficult it is, or how secure. -- HTH Bob Phillips ... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "Jeff" wrote in message ... I want to build an add-in and distribute it, but would like to secure it as much as possible. From other comments it is obvious that just putting a password on the project is not very secure. Does anyone have any suggestions. Jeff |
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Building a secure add-in
Jeff
there are 3 main options for addins xla - basically a hidden workbook, easy to install/distribute, easy to break into COM DLL - compiled code, so more complex to break into, requires registry access to install XLL - native code, simple install, no registry required, even harder to reverse engineer, generally harder to write (need c++, or delphi or another language that can complie to native code (ie not standard VB)) a rough indication of relative effort xla are the easiest, com dlls could take approx 2-4 times as long to build and test, xlls maybe a bit longer, although it totally varies with the type of add-in Which you choose depends on your target audience, performance, functionality, potential loss due to compromised code, etc etc Many organisation make a happy living using xlas, as most users are fairly honest. cheers Simon -----Original Message----- I want to build an add-in and distribute it, but would like to secure it as much as possible. From other comments it is obvious that just putting a password on the project is not very secure. Does anyone have any suggestions. Jeff . |
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