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- From: ks3y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth L. Simons)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: Preventing Script Inspections
- Message-ID: <0ebdcO200YV7Q7E1E5@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 13:26:50 GMT
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- Organization: Doctoral student, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Jeff Heimberger (heimberg@pacific.mitre.org), in a previous posting,
- describes a method of preventing script inspections.
-
- I have used similar methods before. They are useful for (1) hiding the
- menu bar, esp. on small-screen Macs where it can cover part of a
- standard-size HyperCard window (On larger screens, clicking on a window
- from another program, then returning to HyperCard makes the menu bar
- re-hide), and (2) keeping inexperienced users from screwing something up
- out of lack of knowledge.
-
- These methods are not foolproof ways to keep someone from viewing and
- modifying the scripts. For example, I could do the following:
- get the script of stack "HD:folder name:stack name"
- [change it as desired]
- set the script of stack "HD:folder name:stack name" to newScript
-
- If you want to be sure to hide everything when you open the stack, you
- will have to hide not only the menu bar, message box, variable watcher,
- and message watcher, but also the tool window and the pattern window.
-
- - Ken
-