Include the script file

[ChrisL 13]

I know that you can use the decompiler but if you wanted to include the script file as a safe guard then put this at the top of your script.

Replace "Put the name of the au3 file here.au3" with your file name and add a password in to the password variable.

To recover the script, launch your exe with the command line "recover", so either create a shortcut with the recover parameter or from the command prompt "Myfile.exe recover" you will then be prompted for the password, if they match then the au3 file will be written to your current script directory.

For ease of use you could add it to your template.au3 file in your "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Templates" directory

Update: based on dabus' version which is less work, well done!

$password = "MyPassword"
If $CMDLINE [0] > 0 and $CMDLINE [1] = "recover" Then
    $check = InputBox ("Recover", "Password?","", "*")
    If $Check = $password then 
        FileInstall ("Put the name of the au3 file here.au3", StringtrimRight (@ScriptFullPath, 4) & "_rec.au3" ) 
        MsgBox (0,"Output File",StringtrimRight (@ScriptFullPath, 4) & "_rec.au3" ,5)
    Else 
        MsgBox (0,"Error","Incorrect password" ,5)
    EndIf
Exit
EndIf
; Script Start - Add your code below here

Edited June 9, 2008 by ChrisL

[dabus 0]

Why don't you do

$password = "MyPassword"
If $CMDLINE [1] = "recover" Then
    $check = InputBox ("Recover", "Password?","", "*")
    If $Check = $password then FileInstall ("Put the name of the au3 file here.au3", StringtrimRight (@ScriptFullPath, 4) & "_rec.au3" ) 
Exit
EndIf

?

First steps seem to be quit useless to me.

[ChrisL 13]

First steps seem to be quit useless to me.

No, the first part includes the file in the compiled exe at compile time.

The second part allows you to recover the script from compile time with a password from the exe.

[RazerM 0]

Why don't you do

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First steps seem to be quit useless to me.

Yes i have tried yours and it works. The compiler adds all files ignoring conditions. But it only extracts them if the condition surrounding them is true

[ChrisL 13]

Yes appologies dabus you are correct.

$password = "MyPassword"
If $CMDLINE [0] > 0 and $CMDLINE [1] = "recover" Then
    $check = InputBox ("Recover", "Password?","", "*")
    If $Check = $password then 
        FileInstall ("Put the name of the au3 file here.au3", StringtrimRight (@ScriptFullPath, 4) & "_rec.au3" ) 
        MsgBox (0,"Output File",StringtrimRight (@ScriptFullPath, 4) & "_rec.au3" ,5)
    Else 
        MsgBox (0,"Error","Incorrect password" ,5)
    EndIf
Exit
EndIf
; Script Start - Add your code below here

Edited May 29, 2006 by ChrisL

[bluebearr 1]

I usually just do this:

If StringInStr($cmdlineRaw, "/MySecretRecoverSwitch") Then
    ; Recover the source
    FileInstall("Source.au3", @TempDir & "\Source.au3", 1)
EndIf

[dandymcgee 0]

for even more enhanced security you could always change $CMDLINE [1] = "recover" . Just change "recover" to something harder to guess, and then it'll be kind of double passworded. Just an idea

[DirtDBaK 0]

Great Idea I really like this!