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I know of several ways to do a password type thing in a script. I don't want to use an INI to store the password, because someone could always just load up the INI and get the password. I want to compile the script also to an .EXE. What're some other ways I could go about doing this? To make a changeable password.

access a webpage and download the string, and check with the user's input

btw, INI is a good method, of course u can encrypt the password, and decrypt the string in ur exe

Hmm... I could do some kind of encryption function. Set the password in the program, encrypt it with some algorithm, and save it to the INI. When someone goes to view the password, it's just a bunch of random characters. Then it gets to the problem that someone could mess up those random characters so that the password doesn't work in the program. Or find out one character, then change the password to that one character. Anyone could change the password as they wanted. Hell, they could just delete the password in general. :/

I need a good method without using the INI at all.



This wouldn't work. That method does not allow the password to be changeable. I've already used that exact method in another application, but this program I'm making, other's will be using. So the password must be able to be changeable to whatever the user wants it to be.

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You could put the encypted password in the registy most people would not think to look there.

instead of saving in local pc, i would save it online
and check the string every time the exe runs

How would it update the password online when the user changes their password. That, and what if the user doesn't even have internet access? This isn't just for me, it's for other's.

Although, I do like the registry idea, I will have to go with that. Thank you.

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