Hi all,
I am developing a CVI and need to store some critical data (some parameters like device name and some critical constants) to a encrypted file. There are about 100 parameters need to be stored, total size is about 1kb. I was thinking to store them as .ini but those parameters are so critical and I don't want to expose them to the end user. Someone suggests to use database but I didn't have any experience in using database. I check the NI website and seems there is something called SQLTool to access the database, but I really don't understand how to set it up to use the database. I can create a simple Microsoft access database but don't know how to use the SQL Tools to make it work. I am developing the code in my computer but the application will be dispatched to the client and I don't think they have database or Microsoft access installed, so does it mean if I use database and SQL tools, the application can only use in my computer?
Anyway, it seems that I have to configure pretty many stuffs before I can access the database. Is that anyway I open the database as easy as the following way
fopen("mydb.mdb");
If no, what other fire format do you recommend to store some critical data and easy for access in future. I just don't want user to open and modify the file direclty.