diff --git a/lib/functions/formfields/hiddenstring/function.getFormFieldOutputString.php b/lib/functions/formfields/hiddenstring/function.getFormFieldOutputString.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Froxlor project.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2009 the SysCP Team (see authors).
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 the Froxlor Team (see authors).
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the COPYING
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. You can also view the
+ * COPYING file online at http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ *
+ * @copyright  (c) the authors
+ * @author     Florian Lippert <flo@syscp.org> (2003-2009)
+ * @author     Froxlor team <team@froxlor.org> (2010-)
+ * @license    GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ * @package    Functions
+ *
+ */
+
+function getFormFieldOutputHiddenString($fieldname, $fielddata)
+{
+	$label = $fielddata['label'];
+	$value = htmlentities($fielddata['value']);
+	eval("\$returnvalue = \"" . getTemplate("formfields/hiddenstring", true) . "\";");
+	return $returnvalue;
+}
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diff --git a/lib/functions/formfields/hiddenstring/function.validateFormFieldString.php b/lib/functions/formfields/hiddenstring/function.validateFormFieldString.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Froxlor project.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2009 the SysCP Team (see authors).
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 the Froxlor Team (see authors).
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the COPYING
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. You can also view the
+ * COPYING file online at http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ *
+ * @copyright  (c) the authors
+ * @author     Florian Lippert <flo@syscp.org> (2003-2009)
+ * @author     Froxlor team <team@froxlor.org> (2010-)
+ * @license    GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ * @package    Functions
+ *
+ */
+
+function validateFormFieldHiddenString($fieldname, $fielddata, $newfieldvalue)
+{
+	if(isset($fielddata['string_delimiter']) && $fielddata['string_delimiter'] != '')
+	{
+		$newfieldvalues = explode($fielddata['string_delimiter'], $newfieldvalue);
+		unset($fielddata['string_delimiter']);
+
+		$returnvalue = true;
+		foreach($newfieldvalues as $single_newfieldvalue)
+		{
+			/**
+	 		 * don't use tabs in value-fields, #81
+	 		 */
+			$single_newfieldvalue = str_replace("\t", " ", $single_newfieldvalue);
+			$single_returnvalue = validateFormFieldString($fieldname, $fielddata, $single_newfieldvalue);
+			if($single_returnvalue !== true)
+			{
+				$returnvalue = $single_returnvalue;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$returnvalue = false;
+
+		/**
+ 		 * don't use tabs in value-fields, #81
+ 		 */
+		$newfieldvalue = str_replace("\t", " ", $newfieldvalue);
+
+		if(isset($fielddata['string_type']) && $fielddata['string_type'] == 'mail')
+		{
+			$returnvalue = (filter_var($newfieldvalue, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) == $newfieldvalue);
+		}
+		elseif(isset($fielddata['string_type']) && $fielddata['string_type'] == 'url')
+		{
+			$returnvalue = validateUrl($newfieldvalue);
+		}
+		elseif(isset($fielddata['string_type']) && $fielddata['string_type'] == 'dir')
+		{
+			// add trailing slash to validate path if needed
+			// refs #331
+			if(substr($newfieldvalue, -1) != '/') {
+				$newfieldvalue.= '/';
+			}
+			$returnvalue = ($newfieldvalue == makeCorrectDir($newfieldvalue));
+		}
+		elseif(isset($fielddata['string_type']) && $fielddata['string_type'] == 'file')
+		{
+			$returnvalue = ($newfieldvalue == makeCorrectFile($newfieldvalue));
+		}
+		elseif(isset($fielddata['string_type']) && $fielddata['string_type'] == 'filedir')
+		{
+			$returnvalue = (($newfieldvalue == makeCorrectDir($newfieldvalue)) || ($newfieldvalue == makeCorrectFile($newfieldvalue)));
+		}
+		elseif(preg_match('/^[^\r\n\t\f\0]*$/D', $newfieldvalue))
+		{
+			$returnvalue = true;
+		}
+
+		if(isset($fielddata['string_regexp']) && $fielddata['string_regexp'] != '')
+		{
+			if(preg_match($fielddata['string_regexp'], $newfieldvalue))
+			{
+				$returnvalue = true;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$returnvalue = false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(isset($fielddata['string_emptyallowed']) && $fielddata['string_emptyallowed'] === true && $newfieldvalue === '')
+		{
+			$returnvalue = true;
+		}
+		elseif(isset($fielddata['string_emptyallowed']) && $fielddata['string_emptyallowed'] === false && $newfieldvalue === '')
+		{
+			$returnvalue = 'stringmustntbeempty';
+		}
+	}
+	
+	if($returnvalue === true)
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+	elseif($returnvalue === false)
+	{
+		return 'stringformaterror';
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return $returnvalue;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/templates/Classic/formfields/hiddenstring.tpl b/templates/Classic/formfields/hiddenstring.tpl
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+<tr>
+	<td class="main_field_name">{$label}</td>
+	<td class="main_field_display" nowrap="nowrap"><input type="password" class="text" name="{$fieldname}" value="{$value}" /></td>
+</tr>
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diff --git a/templates/Froxlor/formfields/hiddenstring.tpl b/templates/Froxlor/formfields/hiddenstring.tpl
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+<tr>
+	<td>{$label}</td>
+	<td><input type="password" class="text" name="{$fieldname}" value="{$value}" /></td>
+</tr>
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