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RE: File Attributes

Hardman, Michael wrote:

> As discussed with Dan Bale, my goal is to ABSOLUTELY secure some source
> files from use outside our source/object control application.  This is one
> of the methods I am exploring.  I do not believe that the data authorities
> you discuss pertain to the file attributes I discussed in my original
> message.

A former colleague found the flags inside on of the *FILE internal objects
and made a small MI program to set/clear them at will. If your program can do 
it,
another person's program can do it.

I would rather use encryption to make it harder for someone to change files from
outside your application.

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