FIX: Copy/Paste Allowed With Password Character

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

You can copy and paste the contents of a text box that has the PassWordChar property set into another object and see the information.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

In Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 for Visual FoxPro, if a text box object with the PassWordChar property is non-null, the copy and cut functionalities are disabled. However, you can still paste into the field.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a form called "Ztest."



2. Add two text box objects to the form.



3. In the first text box, set the PassWordChar property to *****.



4. Run the form.



5. Type something into the first text box.



6. Highlight what you typed and press the CTRL+C key combination (to copy). Move to the second text box and press the CTRL+V key combination (to paste). Note that the second text box contains what was typed in the first text box.

Additional query words: KBDSE

Keywords : kbservicepack kbContainer kbCtrl kbOOP kbVFp300bbug kbVFp500abug kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix
Version : WINDOWS:3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug