mcEncrypt

Fraser Gordon fraser.gordon at runrev.com
Sat Jan 11 19:49:49 EST 2014


Hi,

D'oh! That's what I get for replying to email after I should be asleep ;)

On 12/01/2014 00:47, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Fraser,
>
> Thanks for the reply, but that's a different password. I'm asking
> about the ask password command, which shows a dialog window.
>
> I looked a little further into this. I think it was announced
> somewhere, that mcEncrypt would be removed and that the ask password
> command would change, but I can't find it. Probably, it is just a
> documentation issue.
>
> -- 
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>
> Mark Schonewille
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> On 1/12/2014 01:40, Fraser Gordon wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> I believe that the "password" property returns empty if there isn't a
>> password or true if there is - the password itself is never returned for
>> security reasons (imagine a useful plugin with a password-harvesting
>> trojan...). Engine-wise, there is a "key" property that is very similar
>> but I don't know if it is exposed to scripts - it should return true if
>> unlocked (i.e no password or correct password has been entered) and
>> false otherwise.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Fraser
>
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