I agree with Rob. If you display a text, any text, anyone can see your text and write it down in a text editor or on a piece of paper. For a long string it may take too much, but for a short string it won't be a problem.
Plus, there are quite few simple (hacking) tools that can copy a the text from any window/control. Devco wrote: > Rob, I think your contribution "Impossible. Anyone can copy any text simply > by typing it into Notepad." > Was really not very well thought out. > > The question was not whether someone can use notepad to copy text to the > clipboard. The question was whether the memo component used in a Delphi > program can be > controlled so that text displayed On it, cannot be copied to the clipboard. > > As strange as it may seem to you, access to notepad.exe and or any other > standard windows/other vendor supplied application can easily be controlled > using policies and the registry. I develop systems that use the policies and > the registry to do just that. So assuming that notepad is available and that > the text in question is text that some has to type in, is really a poor > assumption. > The text that the developer wants to display could have been the results of > database query or the contents of a Protected email for example. > > Many people have contributed valid and well thought out practical solutions > to this problem and it's actually quiet arrogant and insulting and > to all these people to post a reply like you did. You owe everyone an > apology. > > Wayne Devereux. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 November 2008 20:09 > To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List > Subject: Re: Abort memo copy in Delphi > > SoftTech wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a way to allow a user to view the contents of a memo, >> but not allow them to copy it? >> > > __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
