"GS" wrote:

Note: If file encryption isn't doable for you then at very least
set the file's 'Hidden' attribute so it doesn't appear in file
browsers.

The utility is proprietary to my user and so if you're interested
in getting more into this I'm willing to do so offline via email if
you provide yours in a followup reply. Proprietary means each
release of the utility uses its own (unique) 256 bit encryption key
to ensure other users can't work with the file's contents, and the
location of the uap.dat file is hard-coded to a user-specified
path.


Hey Gary, thanks for offering the details of your proprietary
utility,
but I don't think it will be necessary.

You're welcome! Turns out, though, that that utility as a VB6exe is
under construction anyway due to changing the UI format of my Excel
version. I plan to finish it up so it's a 'done' item on my todo list.

I will be the only user who has control of our authorized user file.
Nobody else will know of its existence or location. It is just a
simple text file that I will edit with Notepad, and it will be stored
down a long path of sub-folders, possibly with a hidden file
attribute as well. Now I just need to work on the text file reader,
and I think you already put me in the right direction. Thank you!

Robert

Sounds good to me, Robert! Let me know if you want/need help with
coding for file encryption...

EncryptStringToFile
DecrpytFileToString

...are as simple to use as the read/write procedures, but they require
their Class wrapper be added to your project!<g

--
Garry

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