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CSecureEditEx - A More Secure Edit Control

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CSecureEditEx controls are resistant to password revealers. Passwords aren't visible in the process memory.
/*
  Copyright (c) 2005, Dominik Reichl <dominik.reichl@t-online.de>
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  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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#include "StdAfx.h"
#include "SecEditExTest.h"
#include "SecEditExTestDlg.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

CSecEditExTestDlg::CSecEditExTestDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CSecEditExTestDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
	//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CSecEditExTestDlg)
	//}}AFX_DATA_INIT
	m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}

void CSecEditExTestDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
	//{{AFX_DATA_MAP(CSecEditExTestDlg)
	DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_EDIT_SECEDIT, m_secEdit);
	//}}AFX_DATA_MAP
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CSecEditExTestDlg, CDialog)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CSecEditExTestDlg)
	ON_WM_PAINT()
	ON_WM_QUERYDRAGICON()
	ON_BN_CLICKED(IDC_BUTTON_SHOW, OnButtonShowPassword)
	ON_BN_CLICKED(IDC_BUTTON_SETPW, OnButtonSetPw)
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

BOOL CSecEditExTestDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
	CDialog::OnInitDialog();

	SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);

	// No additional initialization of m_secEdit is needed!
	
	return TRUE;
}

void CSecEditExTestDlg::OnPaint() 
{
	if (IsIconic())
	{
		CPaintDC dc(this);

		SendMessage(WM_ICONERASEBKGND, (WPARAM) dc.GetSafeHdc(), 0);

		int cxIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON);
		int cyIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON);
		CRect rect;
		GetClientRect(&rect);
		int x = (rect.Width() - cxIcon + 1) / 2;
		int y = (rect.Height() - cyIcon + 1) / 2;

		dc.DrawIcon(x, y, m_hIcon);
	}
	else
	{
		CDialog::OnPaint();
	}
}

HCURSOR CSecEditExTestDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
	return (HCURSOR) m_hIcon;
}

void CSecEditExTestDlg::OnButtonShowPassword() 
{
	LPTSTR lp = m_secEdit.GetPassword();
	MessageBox(lp, _T("The password is:"), MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_OK);
	m_secEdit.DeletePassword(lp); // Important!!
}

void CSecEditExTestDlg::OnButtonSetPw() 
{
	m_secEdit.SetPassword(_T("Password"));
}

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Dominik started programming in Omikron Basic, a programming language for the good old Atari ST. After this, there was some short period of QBasic programming on the PC, but soon he began learning C++, which is his favorite language up to now.

Today, his programming experience includes C / C++ / [Visual] C++ [MFC], C#/.NET, Java, JavaScript, PHP and HTML and the basics of pure assembler.

He is interested in almost everything that has to do with computing; his special interests are security, cryptography and data compression.

You can find his latest freeware, open source projects and articles on his website: https://www.dominik-reichl.de/.

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