Subject Re: PasswordMaskEF.cc bug?
From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net>
Date Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:25:10 -0800
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

On 2/20/2024 9:05 AM, Charlie wrote:
> Hi...  I am using PasswordMaskEF.cc which works great except for one exception.
>
> When you input into the entryfield the mask solid dots show which is great.  But if you type for instance a / or ' not defined in the special characters case you see an unusual character in the entryfield instead of a dot.  This surprised me because I thought characters that aren't defined would just be ignored so the user can't type them in.

Not sure why they aren't being trapped, the code seems pretty specific.
But it's been years since this has been worked on, by me or anyone else.
The entryfield is using the Wingdings font which is built into Windows
itself, which is why the unusual character.

Ken

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