Prevent Ctrl + C

[Carriolan Shinobi]

Hi
I wish to prevent copying from a text field. I notice that that right
click is disabled in the .mde, but that Ctrl+C is still enabled. How
do I disable it please?

Thanks Carriolan

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Try creating an AutoKeys macro that maps Ctrl+C to do something else.

 

[TC]

What if he dumps the screen to the clipboard (Print Screen key), pastes
it into a graphics program, and then copies the text from there?

TC

 

[Carriolan Shinobi]

Great advice - it works a treat - Thanks Carriolan

 

[Carriolan Shinobi]

A good point, so I've tried Autokeys on it as well and it appears to
work. In summary therefore:
1. Right click disabled by converting to mde
2. Ctrl+C disabled by Autokeys
3. Printscreen disabled by Autokeys

I think thats me covered, or is it?

Thanks for your help Carriolan

 

[TC]

Sorry, I wasn't clear. The user could click out from your application
before he presses PRINT SCREEN. Then, your application could not stop
him pressing that key, to get a picture of the screen. So you have
solved part of the problem, but not all of it!

In general, it is very difficult to absolutely prevent a user from
copying data from your screen. You'd have to go really troppo & start
hooking the keyboard & so on.

HTH,
TC

 

[Joan Wild]

A good point, so I've tried Autokeys on it as well and it appears to
work. In summary therefore:
1. Right click disabled by converting to mde

Making a MDE does not disable the right-click.

 

[Carriolan Shinobi]

Thanks for pointing that out. I must of changed the startup params
before I created the mde - Carriolan