[RESOLVED] My.Setting.String Question

Lets say i had a hidden my.setting.example for the project and the example was some type of password that is NOT visible during the program. Is there a way for the user to find that string? (example located somewhere on a text file or something on the computer) i don't really understand how VB saves the string without writing a file somewhere

thanks!

Yes the User can able to see the value. It will be saved in a XML file. This file will be located in your application Folder

This will be stored in the

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<c:\Documents and Settings>\<username>\[Local Settings\]Application Data\<companyname>\<appdomainname>_<eid>_<hash>\<verison>.

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<applicationSettings>
    <MySettingsDemo.MySettings>
      <setting name="SMTPServerIP" serializeAs="String">
        <value>127.0.0.1</value>
      </setting>
      <setting name="MyServicesURL" serializeAs="String">
        <value>http://localhost/myservices.asmx</value>
      </setting>
    </MySettingsDemo.MySettings>
  </applicationSettings>

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MSDN

How you create an especially hidden setting?

Encrypt the values before storing it and decrypt while retrieving..

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Originally Posted by danasegarane

Encrypt the values before storing it and decrypt while retrieving..

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But where do I store the encryption/decryption key?

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Originally Posted by cicatrix

But where do I store the encryption/decryption key?

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May be hard code inside the Program ;)

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Originally Posted by danasegarane

May be hard code inside the Program ;)

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Considering the easiness any .Net application is decompiled with it might be not the best choice.

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Originally Posted by cicatrix

Considering the easiness any .Net application is decompiled with it might be not the best choice.

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Yes it can. The other option could be store in database server,