Self Destruct Code

Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

I need to run a one-time procedure the next time a database opens. If the
procedure is successful, the procedure needs to be deleted and the code that
initiated the procedure needs to delete itself.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Steve

Steve wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

I need to run a one-time procedure the next time a database opens. If the
procedure is successful, the procedure needs to be deleted and the code that
initiated the procedure needs to delete itself.


"Self destruct" code is not a good idea! Changing a code
module is a design time operation, which should not be
performed at run time.

Whatever the one time code does must leave some kind of
tracks behind itself. You can add code to test for the
tracks and skip running the one time procedure if it has
already run.

--
Marsh
MVP [MS Access]

Steve wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

Yes.

Steve,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

I need to run a one-time procedure the next time a database opens. If the
procedure is successful, the procedure needs to be deleted and the code that
initiated the procedure needs to delete itself.

Are you writing some malware that you have to delete the code after it
has run one time?

Thilo Immel

Thilo Immel wrote:

Steve,


Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

I need to run a one-time procedure the next time a database opens. If the
procedure is successful, the procedure needs to be deleted and the code that
initiated the procedure needs to delete itself.


Are you writing some malware that you have to delete the code after it
has run one time?

Sounds like it. Why give someone like knowledge.


Thilo Immel

So, do you want to share your ideas?


"Salad" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

Yes.

Not at all!!!

It's for a one-time cleanup of data in a database.

Steve


"Thilo Immel" wrote in message
...
Steve,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

I need to run a one-time procedure the next time a database opens. If the
procedure is successful, the procedure needs to be deleted and the code that
initiated the procedure needs to delete itself.

Are you writing some malware that you have to delete the code after it
has run one time?

Thilo Immel

"Steve" wrote in message
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Not at all!!!

It's for a one-time cleanup of data in a database.

Steve

Just create a one field table with a Yes/No field indicating whether the
one-time code has run. Test it at the beginning of the code and set it to True
at the end. There is no need to "destroy" the code.


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Steve wrote:

Not at all!!!

It's for a one-time cleanup of data in a database.

That's what I had some concerns about...giving you a method to do a "one
time cleanup" of data. I know people that wouldn't mind if some virus
writers were castrated, had their hands cut off, or simply had a bullet
fired into their brains.

We don't know you. Your request is odd and raises red flags.


Steve


"Thilo Immel" wrote in message
...

Steve,

Steve wrote:

So, do you want to share your ideas?

Without more information, never.



"Salad" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:


Does anyone have any ideas on how to write self-destruct code?

Yes.