Language definition storage - SyntaxEditor for Windows Forms Forum

Posted 14 years ago by Neil

Hi,

Is it possible to store language definition XML files in a database instead of file (to prevent them from being inadvertently modified).

If yes (i.e. Db storage is possible), how is the new language loaded - since we can no longer use the Member LoadFromXml and LoadLanguageFromXml methods.

If no (db storage not possible), how can one prevent a user from modifying the language definition file?

I look forward to your response

thanks

Comments (1)

Posted 14 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Yes the static SyntaxLanguage.LoadFromXml has an overload (and so does SaveToXml) for reading/writing from a Stream. So you can persist the Stream in the database.

If you do want to use secure files, then set the Secure flag when you create a language, and also save your XML files (via SaveToXml) with an non-zero encryption key. That will scramble the language definition so it is unreadable.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v2020.1 build 0400) was released 24 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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