Compilation method?

[Bowmore]

Perhaps a compromise something like this would achieve your goal.

pseudocode:

$var = "MsgBox(0,'Title','Text')"
$TempFile = _TempFile(@TempDir, "~", ".au3")
_FileWrite ( $TempFile, $var )
RunWait('Auto2Exe /in '  & $TempFile)
FileDelete($TempFile)

Edited August 30, 2008 by Bowmore

[Glyph]

Perhaps a compromise something like this would achieve your goal.

pseudocode:

$var = "MsgBox(0,'Title','Text')"
$TempFile = _TempFile(@TempDir, "~", ".au3")
_FileWrite ( $TempFile, $var )
RunWait('Auto2Exe /in '  & $TempFile)
FileDelete($TempFile)

That's exactly what i'm trying to avoid.

If someone were to stop the script after the file write, it would be giving away the source code!

[Richard Robertson]

You know that if you are trying to protect your AutoIt source from users who want it, you are going to fail, right? There have been numerous decompilers that a user could easily use (not that I promote this).

[Glyph]

You know that if you are trying to protect your AutoIt source from users who want it, you are going to fail, right? There have been numerous decompilers that a user could easily use (not that I promote this).

So, I should just make it easier for them??

-.-

[Richard Robertson]

No, I'm just saying that if it is so much trouble, you might as well not try. They'll get it anyways.

[Glyph]

No, I'm just saying that if it is so much trouble, you might as well not try. They'll get it anyways.

I just don't want people to accidentally get the source, say the power goes out and it doesn't get to delete the file.

then they reopen the folder find this random file and read the source and steal!

If it's obfuscated at least they can't easily read it, a skiddie would have to get an autoit decompiler instead of just reading it!

It's worth keeping my script away from anyone just reading it, I don't want to make half ass programs, if there's something I can do about this, I should at least try.

[Richard Robertson]

That's why one user suggested you put it in the temp directory.

[Jos]

There's a utility that compiles variables?

Where is this located? I've never heard of it!

Unless there's a utility in Obfuscator that compiles parameters? (obfuscator.exe -$compilevariable) ?

I'm looking for the documentation for Obfuscator right now, and I don't see anything...

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/...uscator_doc.htm

These is no such option as that would not work due to the commandline limitations.

[ChrisL]

Could you not obfuscate the file but leave some of it unobfuscated?

there are some options

#Obfuscator_Ignore_Funcs

#Obfuscator_Ignore_Variables

#Obfuscator_Parameters

but I'm not entirely sure if I have got it right, but the parts \ variables that need changing could be moved to a function that is not obfuscated, the rest of the code is already obfuscated and the only bits with text are in the functions.

Or if that doesn't/Wont work. Can you have an obfuscated file then use a #include to include an unobfuscated file with the variable data that once compiled it all goes together? That way there won't be much for the user to see if ever a files were left behind.

[Jos]

His issue is that he doesn't want to write the generated script to a file first, probably worried about making it easy to find it and retrieve the original code.

[ChrisL]

His issue is that he doesn't want to write the generated script to a file first, probably worried about making it easy to find it and retrieve the original code.

[status]

Screwed = 1

[Glyph]

Could you not obfuscate the file but leave some of it unobfuscated?

there are some options

#Obfuscator_Ignore_Funcs

#Obfuscator_Ignore_Variables

#Obfuscator_Parameters

but I'm not entirely sure if I have got it right, but the parts \ variables that need changing could be moved to a function that is not obfuscated, the rest of the code is already obfuscated and the only bits with text are in the functions.

Or if that doesn't/Wont work. Can you have an obfuscated file then use a #include to include an unobfuscated file with the variable data that once compiled it all goes together? That way there won't be much for the user to see if ever a files were left behind.

That's an amazing idea!!!

I didnt even think of that!

thank you! you have solved my problem.

[Jos]

I am happy you got your problem solved but am totally utterly lost