Re: Locking code in VB 6.0

From: Ken Halter (Ken_Halter_at_Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:13:48 -0800

If you mean the source code, there's nothing to keep people from looking at
it unless you encrypt it. Use Winzip. The latest version has "industrial
strength" encryption and password protection. 

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Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
Please keep all discussions in the groups..
"sch" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C5B5EFBD-DFFE-4F4A-8406-CC0B2641E70A@microsoft.com...
> I developed an app using VB 6.0 and made an package ie exe and now  i want
to give it to my team to use that app,but
> onething i want to do is lock the code so that they can't open the code.is
that possible if so can any body help me with that

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