Ini++ & Ini

[Cossin]

Ok, so I'm at a point where I realized that regular ini's do not have encryption. However, I can't just simply switch over to Ini++ for encryption. Ini++ is an entirely different object with new features. This still means I have re-do nearly every single regular ini related events.

Sad part is, I've already done around 500 events work of ini values + saving of alterables values. Is there any possible way to use Ini++ to load my regular ini file, encrypt that ini file, then decrypt it during runtime? or better yet, ANY alternative extension that can encrypt/decrypt ini's in runtime.

[Cossin]

I tried using the blowfish object to decrypt my ini file at the start of the frame, but encrypt the ini at the end of the application.

however, this isn't working correctly. the extension has no problem encrypting the file, but when decrypting, it just doesn't do it.

[James]

What if they just change the INI while your application is running?

[Cossin]

I'm sorry I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. Do you mean, why not make the encrypt/decrypt events during application time rather than at the beginning/end of application?

well because I have around 100 values that need to be loaded. the ini has to be decrypted first to load those values.

[Nifflas]

I'd actually go for replacing the extension, nothing else is safe. For instance, in the loading process, you would have to open the ini with ini++ for decryption, save it as an unencrypted file for reading with the normal ini object. Sure, although you instantly remove the unencrypted ini after loading from it, I don't believe it's any problem using some tool like "api guard" to prevent file removal to be possible.