CryptoBola JPEG - Integrated Applications

Integrated applications

The primary functions of CryptoBola JPEG are hiding data in an image (embedding) and recovering the data (extracting). basically, the user is supposed to provide the data for embedding as a file and create a file from the extracted data. How the input file will be created and how the extracted file will be processed is the responsibility of the user.

However, CryptoBola JPEG offers a set of applications for the preparation of data before embedding and for the processing of it after extraction. The advantages of using these applications are

simplified work flow: there is no need to start another application and create a file to pass the data between CryptoBola JPEG and that application,
enhanced secrecy: the integrated applications are working with in-memory data. After finishing processing, the memory areas will be cleared before being released, the decoded data does not remain accessible. In contrast to this, when a file will be created for embedding or from extraction, it has to be cleaned up properly after processing. Keep in eyes, that deleting a file does not destroy the content, only specialized programs do. The best encoding method is useless, if someone leaves the unencoded data around.

The application will be selected from the drop-down list labelled Data type (the list of available applications appears, when clicking on the arrow ). Clicking on the View/Edit button starts the subdialog of the selected application in its own window:

Following application have been integrated in CryptoBola JPEG as subdialoges:

the text editor is based on Windows' Rich Text Editor. It can be used for viewing and editing plain text (when selecting Plain text) or formatted text, when Rich text is selected,
the generalized grid processing offers data entry, display and update in table form like Miscrosoft's Excel; the data can be imported or exported in comma separated values form by selecting Grid from CSV or semicolon separated values form if Grid from SKV is selected,
the password management is a grid processing application with special features aimed at making the usage of identifications and passwords easy; it will be selected by Passwords.

If the user does not know the type of data, it should be displayed in plain text mode first; the type can be determined visually. Starting the wrong application may generate error messages, but it does not cause any erroneous processing, when the application will be exited with CANCEL.

Home Modified: 2005-08-29