[RESOLVED] My.Setting.String Question

[swingyswongy]

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!

[danasegarane]

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

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

<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>

MSDN

[Nerd44]

How you create an especially hidden setting?

[danasegarane]

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

[cicatrix]

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

But where do I store the encryption/decryption key?

[danasegarane]

But where do I store the encryption/decryption key?

May be hard code inside the Program

[cicatrix]

May be hard code inside the Program

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

[danasegarane]

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

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