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authorJames Ahlborn <jtahlborn@yahoo.com>2012-02-29 21:01:05 +0000
committerJames Ahlborn <jtahlborn@yahoo.com>2012-02-29 21:01:05 +0000
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</answer>
</faq>
+ <faq id="encoding">
+ <question>Why do I get an UnsupportedOperationException with the message
+ "Decoding not supported"?</question>
+ <answer>
+ This exception indicates that the Access database you are attempting
+ to open is "encrypted" using one of the various forms of encryption
+ utilized by Microsoft. Due to various constraints, the Jackcess
+ project does not directly support decrypting Access databases, but
+ does, however, support plugging in encryption support using a custom
+ <a href="apidocs/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/CodecProvider.html">CodecProvider</a>.
+ The separate <a href="http://jackcessencrypt.sourceforge.net/">Jackcess Encrypt
+ project</a> contains the <a href="http://jackcessencrypt.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/CryptCodecProvider.html">CryptCodecProvider</a>,
+ which implements of the Jackess CodecProvider interface and supports
+ some forms of Access database encryption.
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
+
<faq id="hms">
<question>Who is Health Market Science?</question>
<answer>