XP - Password field shows garbage chars on _SOME_ machines

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mqsash@rediffmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> The Problem:
> On some machines, my password field displays the password character as
> the "dot" - which is XP standard, and on other identical machines it
> dispays vertical bars.
>
> Details:
> We have written a win32 application in C++, which has a password
> field. Inorder to use the XP style of "bulleted" password chars
> (instead of '****') we have added a manifest and are using the
> commctl32.dll version 6.
> As a result the passwords _ARE_ seen as "bullets", but as mentioned
> above, it is not so on all machines.
>
> All our machines have an identical setup- WinXP SP2, dotnet v1.1.4322.
> I also ran the xpspcheck.exe, and it generated identical reports on
> each of them.
> Also using spy we found that ALL the ES_xxx / WS_xxx styles of the PW
> edit fields were same on all the machines.
>
> We are using "MS Sans Serif" font for the edit controls, and "MS Sans
> Serif" IS PRESENT on all the machines.
>
> The password edit is created using the CreateWindow(...) API and the
> font is set by sending the WM_SETFONT message.
>
> Question:
> The machines basically have an identical setup, so what could be
> different which is causing the difference in behaviour.
> i.e : When the edit control font is "MS Sans Serif", why are some
> machines able to display the "bullet" as PW chars? and Why do other
> identical machines display vertical bars?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> regards
> mqsash
>
> PS: Changing the edit control's font to "Tahoma" or even "Microsoft
> Sans Serif", solves the problem but I would like that to be the last
> resort.

Oh FFS, is this *really* so important? Get over yourself!

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