How do I password protect .chm file

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Vajid Shethwala - 30 Oct 2003 20:26 GMT

Hello Everyone:
I have created help in Microsoft HTML help format. The format is .chm. I
would like to password protect this file. Therefore; anyone who double
clicks on the file gets the password prompt window. Is this possible..?

Thanks in Advance

-Vajid

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MikeD - 31 Oct 2003 03:07 GMT

> Hello Everyone:
> I have created help in Microsoft HTML help format. The format is .chm. I
> would like to password protect this file. Therefore; anyone who double
> clicks on the file gets the password prompt window. Is this possible..?

Not to my knowledge. I can't imagine why a Help file would have the
capability to be password-protected. I think you need to consider some
other file format.

Mike

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Pete Lees - 31 Oct 2003 11:26 GMT

Vajid,

> I have created help in Microsoft HTML help format. The format is .chm. I
> would like to password protect this file. Therefore; anyone who double
> clicks on the file gets the password prompt window. Is this possible..?

You could execute a JavaScript password protection script at start-up
(invoked using the onLoad event of the <body> tag in the default
topic), but I'm afraid that there's no too much more that you can do;
Microsoft didn't design the HTML Help format with security in mind.

You can find password protection scripts at lots of sites, including:

http://javascript.internet.com/passwords/

And see this page for some additional ways to protect your content:

http://helpware.net/FAR/far_faq.htm#ProjectCHM

--
Pete (Microsoft Help MVP)

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Vajid Shethwala - 31 Oct 2003 16:21 GMT

Thanks Pete Lees.
You have provide me lots of useful information to add to my help. I will go
ahead check on the sites.

Thanks again

-Vajid

> Vajid,
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How do I password protect .chm file