The CODEC (CODe-DECode) UDF is availble here and on my web site. It can encode/decode text strings using the full ASCII printable character set (codes 32-127) and can even include select control codes. By employing control codes such as CR, LF, and TAB, the actual appearance of a text document will change, although you should not use CR or LF when encoding data used in INI files. CODEC is a case-sensitive cypher tool that employs a random cypher sequence - never in natural or ASCII order - making it somewhat more difficult to hack.

Note that this is not "encryption", but encoding (simple cypher) - sufficient to hide information from prying eyes. If you are looking to mask a password in a config file, this is usually enough.

Glenn
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