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<DIV><SPAN class=460241720-17022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I know
its futile but...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=460241720-17022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>why
not make it visible only while the mouse button is held down an a particular set
of keys is held down. That way they would not even be able to pick there nose
while reading it. :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=460241720-17022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Steven</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Paul McKenzie
[mailto:paul@smss.org.nz]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 17 February 2005 12:02<BR><B>To:</B>
johnkbird@paradise.net.nz; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] Odd-ball question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>An
additional step - make the text visible only on mouse enter and timer it to
invisible after x seconds<BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="100">Regards
Paul McKenzie
SMSS Ltd.
Wellington
New Zealand
</PRE><BR><BR>John Bird wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=709365119-16022005>Re
preventing someone copying text from a confidential
screen:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=709365119-16022005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=709365119-16022005>The
best I have thought to do so far is clobber the clipboard in a timer every 1/2
second.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=709365119-16022005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=709365119-16022005>procedure Tfrm<SPAN
class=709365119-16022005>Form1</SPAN>.Timer1Timer(Sender:
TObject);<BR>begin<BR> clipboard.SetTextBuf('<SPAN
class=709365119-16022005>The clipboard is empty</SPAN>');<BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>end;<BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=709365119-16022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
<DIV><SPAN class=709365119-16022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Question about this - if the clipboard already had a screen
image in it, does putting text in it make the previous bitmap
inaccessable?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=709365119-16022005>I
realise that for a techo user there are always ways to capture
information with special programs, I am just trying to cater for usual methods
with typical users who would use the clipboard.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=709365119-16022005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=709365119-16022005>I
guess I could require the user to close all other programs, which would
eliminate other monitoring programs, but I am not sure how to check between
task bar programs (which they would be happy to close) and those in the system
tray (such as virus checkers which they may not want to).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig align=left>John B</P>
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