restricting commands

[laffo16]

hello! ok In my program, i have a section of autoit code which will be free for the customer edit, but i want to place restrictions on the functions & varibles which they can use to stop them from gathering othre important information within the script. can this be done? suggestions anyone?

[PsaltyDS]

hello! ok In my program, i have a section of autoit code which will be free for the customer edit, but i want to place restrictions on the functions & varibles which they can use to stop them from gathering othre important information within the script. can this be done? suggestions anyone?

No. Put the user editable data in a separate place, i.e. and INI file or the registry.

[laffo16]

ok thanks, why would this not be recommended? is it not possible? i have determined the only varibles and functions to allow would be:

$playgroup

$tocall

$bb

$findmypos

$pot

makebet()

checkcall()

fold()

$firstact

[weaponx]

Why aren't you just providing a GUI that limits what the users can do?

[laffo16]

to give the user more freedom on how they can use the varibles allowed, by allowing them to write their own conditional statements.

[dinodod]

Depending on what you are wanting, you can program those variables INTO your script so they are embedded in the code itself. INI and Reg keys are nice but easy to find and change. You *COULD* encrypt a file if you want to hold the variables outside.

Or design your GUI NOT to show those particular variables so the user doesn't have any idea of them in the 1st place.

ok thanks, why would this not be recommended? is it not possible? i have determined the only varibles and functions to allow would be:

$playgroup

$tocall

$bb

$findmypos

$pot

makebet()

checkcall()

fold()

$firstact

[laffo16]

i've managed to restrict the creation of new varibles, in the users script. I'm hoping this will be enough. My problem now is that i need the said "users-editable-code.au3" to be included into the main compiled script each time it runs. The same way it is done when you run an include in an au3 file before it is compiled. is this at all possible? or how else can you go around importing au3 code into a compiled exe?

[laffo16]

suggestions anyone? is this possible? if it isnt please let me know

[SmOke_N]

/AutoIt3ExecuteScript

[laffo16]

readup on /AutoIt3ExecuteScript, thanks for the suggestion but its not really what i need.

executing the users script seperatly brings me a hole lot of other problems. I have pretty

much given up on this search. i see no way of reading an *.au3 file and including its code

into my pre-compiled exe.... such as...

main.exe - >>

main program....

main program....

$code = fileread(editable.au3)

execute $code or include "editable.au3"

main program....

main program....

end main.exe <<

so when editable.au3 is changed, the main.exe does not need re-compiling with the update.

[SmOke_N]

readup on /AutoIt3ExecuteScript, thanks for the suggestion but its not really what i need.

executing the users script seperatly brings me a hole lot of other problems. I have pretty

much given up on this search. i see no way of reading an *.au3 file and including its code

into my pre-compiled exe.... such as...

main.exe - >>

main program....

main program....

$code = fileread(editable.au3)

execute $code or include "editable.au3"

main program....

main program....

end main.exe <<

so when editable.au3 is changed, the main.exe does not need re-compiling with the update.

You're either going to have to "re-compile" it, or learn about injection... either way, it seems way more trouble than it's worth.

Edit:

Reading your list above... you say "Execute code or #inlude editable.au3"

I'm curious why /AutoIt3ExecuteScript won't work now?

1. Read Changes

2. Write File with changes

3. Execute new .au3 as a child process

4. Close parent if necessary

5. Now new child is parent.

Edited August 29, 2007 by SmOke_N

[laffo16]

i'm going to give it a shot SmOke_N, i think it just took a little time for the concept to settle in