Re: Encode and Get
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- Subject: [mg126158] Re: Encode and Get
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:32:44 -0400 (EDT)
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On 20/04/2012 12:44, Michael B. Heaney wrote: > hi, > > i wrote a notebook, and then encoded it using > > Encode["plaintext.nb", "codetext.nb", "password"]. > > i then tried decoding it using > > Get["codetext.nb", "password"]. > > The decoded notebook does not look like the original notebook, and will no > longer run. > > what is wrong? > > thanks, > > Michael > Encode is meant to run on package files (.m) - not notebooks. An encoded ..m file can't be decoded as such, but can be read into Mathematica, where it can execute. I hope you have a backup of your original notebook, because I think it is lost. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk