making a dictionary....

[ianpaisley]

I want to make a french/ english dictionary using vb, and I'm just looking for some useful tips.

Do I have to use a database? Which sort should I use? I'd like to have it's a bit protected - people can't just go robbing my entries and inputs, after so much work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Juan Carlos Rey]

You can scramble the files quite easy, and un-scramble them in real time inside VB at the moment you need them.

There are lots of examples on the net, but most of them deal with combining the Ascii values of every character with those of a password only you must know. One system I saw used "Randomize Password" to generate a sequence of non-predictable code, but recoverable using the same password. The best "combine" scheme I think is to X-Or together the Ascii values of the chars of you file with those of your password.

If you want to compress the files, in case they grow big, in the net are also a thing called "AddZip" that is Vb compatible.

If you need more help please re-post. Good Luck!

[Gaurav]

Hi,
Just for your info' VB has a nice object called Dictionary that you would like to use for your app' take a look. its in VB6.0

Cheers

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Gaurav Mahindra
gmahindra@extentia.com