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Passwordchar not waterproof when copy pasted
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From
04/10/2006 08:53:41
Mike Sue-Ping
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
 
 
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04/10/2006 04:46:20
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01159255
Message ID:
01159308
Views:
20
>When using a passwordchar, you can copy the masked contents using ctrl-c
>When you paste this in a textdocument, voila, the password is revealed.
>This seems a serious issue since all protection is bypassed using two keyboard commands.
>Is there a workaround for this?
>But keep in mind a user must be able to type in the textbox to change the password.
>
>Guillaume

I can't reproduce that behaviour. I've set the password char to '*' for a textbox. I cannot ctrl+c or ctrl+v. Seems like VFP automatically disables these key combos! Did I miss something that you're doing?
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