Winzip and a Secured D/B

[Blorf]

Hi. After I secured a database using user level security with a work group, winzip began to have little effect. Why? Is it encryption causing this?

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ChaZ

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[PHV]

winzip began to have little effect
Can you elaborate ?

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[Blorf]

Sorry.

An MDB file, about 2 megs, that zipped up to about 300 K. After adding security, zipping it up does not reduce it at all, even using maximum compression. I was wondering if that was a result of encryption.

Because I am doing work on the project at home, and e-mailing test objects to the customer, not zipping any more is annoying. Not major, but annoying.

Thanks,
ChaZ

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[JerryKlmns]

Blorf, I 'm having the same effect with the winZip.

After Compacting, Repairing & Encrypting a database through VB, winZip gives almost no size reduction. On the same database, if no Encryption is used then winZip reduces size about 75%!

I guess it 's the encryption ....

 

[Blorf]

O well. At least I have proof now that I am not entirely insane. I figured at first that I was setting compression to zero and not knowing how.

ChaZ

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