Display full version of the post: Securing/Encrypting Hatch Patterns

Kamyar
08.11.2010, 17:50
Hi folks. I'm a programmer, new to this forum, and have not had much experience using AutoCAD.
One of my friends has written some hatches for AutoCAD and is interested
in selling them.He asked me if that's possible to deploy the hatches
without letting the end user access the source (at least not in plain
text).
As far as I could find out, AutoCAD saves the hatches in a .ptn file in
plain text. Is there anyway that I can alter the way AutoCAD accesses
custom user hatches and at least make it not very accessible for his customers?
Thanks in advance.