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I have difficulty to implement text encoding/decoding in my programs. Could anyone provide a simple example ?

What kind of problems do you have?

I first tried to insert " option codepass" into my program, which gave a syntax error.
Then I inserted " input password$ ! option codepass password$"
This works well. I changed .txt into .cod.
But then, the coded program still bothers me with asking for a password, which is not what I want.
I want the password asked for, only when I try to change .cod into .txt.
Could you help me ? Thx.

Ok, you write: where "password" is your password.

This should be done NOT IN YOUR CODED program. This should be done in a separate program - this is just a setting for your device.

And this is enough. This should be done ONLY ONCE. You will not need to do it ever again: your device will remember it.
After you set your password, you will be able to encode ANY your programs with this password.

You may ask: why you need to set a password at all?
Answer: it will be possible to decode encoded program ONLY if the device where program is decoded (tried to de decoded) is set to the same password as you set before.

Thank you for this quick reply.

Using option codepass, it's possible to encode any file in the SB environment. And this works fine.
I wonder however if it could also be made possible to encode a file WITHIN YOUR PROGRAM, e.g. a datafile by using
<< FILE "datafilename.txt" RENAME "datafilename.cod" >> ?

smbstarv wrote:Using option codepass, it's possible to encode any file in the SB environment. And this works fine.
I wonder however if it could also be made possible to encode a file WITHIN YOUR PROGRAM, e.g. a datafile by using
<< FILE "datafilename.txt" RENAME "datafilename.cod" >> ?

Why do you need this?

smbstarv wrote:Using option codepass, it's possible to encode any file in the SB environment. And this works fine.
I wonder however if it could also be made possible to encode a file WITHIN YOUR PROGRAM, e.g. a datafile by using
<< FILE "datafilename.txt" RENAME "datafilename.cod" >> ?

Maybe this is of some help: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=214

Thank you Henko.
To mr K.
Why do i need this ?
Well, suppose I have - on my not very private ipad - a sb program to archive private data.
The program is encoded and the program can only be run after entering a password.
If I also want to protect the private data files, I have to encode these in the same way as I did with the program, i.e outside the program, renaming the file's extensions from .txt to .cod.
I wondered if this couldn't be done directly within the program by means of then FILE RENAME statement.

I see.
I think that Henko's variant with data coding is more correct in this case.