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Developer’s Toolkit
Advantages of Unencrypted Source
Unencrypted source offers several advantages over other code formats:
- Application extendibility
Since users have full access to your source code and full compilation capabilities, they can modify your application code any way they want.
- Less to manage at development site
Other code formats require you to manage multiple code trees and might require you to keep multiple copies of your application database.
- Simpler initial deployment
When you choose unencrypted source, deploying your application is usually easier than with other code formats. "Initial Deployment," describes the steps required for each code format.
- Simpler upgrades
When you choose unencrypted source, upgrading your application is usually less complex than with other code formats. "Upgrades," describes the steps required for each code format.
- Easier maintenance
Since users have full development environments, it is relatively easy to modify or enhance your application at their sites.
- Full portability
Both unencrypted and encrypted source are completely portable across platforms and user interfaces (character mode and GUI), provided you have followed the necessary guidelines for writing portable applications. This is not true for r-code, which is not portable across user interfaces.
- Less space used on storage media
Unencrypted source files usually occupy much less storage space than r-code files, decreasing their physical media shipment costs. (Encrypted source files also have this advantage over r-code files.)
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