Thanks for the reply Gilles.  It's been awhile, hasn't it.  I'll forward this on and see if it works.

wilson

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From: Gilles Schipper [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 1:30 PM
To: Wong, Wilson; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] VPLUS Field with an Enhancement Type of Security

I also recall a bug in FORMSPEC resulting in such a result.

Instead of looking for the appropriate patch, an option you could try
is to use a technique for field security that was used in FORMSPEC
prior to the availablity of the "S"  field-type option together with
the correct updated HP terminal.

That technique involves defining the initial value of the field as an
invokation of a non-existant alternate character set and shifting to it.

This is done by initializing the field value to a string of escape
sequences that do the following:

1. define the non-existant alternate character set. (whose escape
sequence is contained in any HP terminal technical reference manual
or Reflection Technical Reference manual - neither of which I have
handy at the moment)
2. shift in to the alternate character set (which, I believe is the
'cntrl-n' key combination - 'cntl-o' shifts back out to the original
character set).

Make the changes, recompile and you should be good to go.



At 01:28 PM 2009-02-09, Wong, Wilson wrote:
>I have been asked to forward this problem to the HP3000 listserv in
>hopes of finding a solution to an odd problem we are having with one
>of our forms files:
>
>We have a form that contains a VPLUS field used to enter a
>password.  This field is defined with an enhancement type of S,
>which hides the display of the data in the password field.  The
>terminal type selection on the Terminal/Language Selection menu is
>set to HP262X, HP239X, HP7009X Families.  This worked correctly
>until recently when we changed an unrelated form in the same
>formsfile.  No changes were made to the form or application that
>uses the password field.  After the formsfile was recompiled, the
>data in the password field is no longer hidden.
>
>I've tried recompiling the form containing the password field and
>also completely rebuilding the entire formsfile, but the security
>enhancement on this field is still not working. Has anyone
>experienced this problem?
>
>Thanks, Wilson
>
>Wilson Wong
>HP3000 Systems Administrator
>WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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