diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 4ce861683b..98e31cb51d 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
    2008-12-31 13:59 UTC+0100 Foo Bar <foo.bar@foobar.org>
 */
 
+2008-06-17 23:00 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar hu)
+   * tests/rto_get.prg
+   * source/rtl/tget.prg
+     ! Fixed TGet():assign() to pad character values 
+       to the original length with the original content. 
+       This also clears some existing differences in rto_get.prg.
+     + Added regression test specifically for this.
+       [TOMERGE RC1]
+
 2008-06-17 21:45 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar hu)
    * source/rtl/gtclip.c
      ! Added three LPWSTR casts to pacify warnings.
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/tget.prg b/harbour/source/rtl/tget.prg
index def4e0c5d1..dffe50fda4 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/tget.prg
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/tget.prg
@@ -226,9 +226,14 @@ CREATE CLASS Get
 ENDCLASS
 
 METHOD assign() CLASS Get
+   LOCAL xValue
 
    IF ::hasFocus
-      ::varPut( ::unTransform() )
+      xValue := ::unTransform()
+      IF ::cType == "C"
+         xValue += SubStr( ::original, Len( xValue ) + 1 )
+      ENDIF   
+      ::varPut( xValue )
    ENDIF
 
    RETURN Self
diff --git a/harbour/tests/rto_get.prg b/harbour/tests/rto_get.prg
index 9354d7aaa7..ce7e8980ea 100644
--- a/harbour/tests/rto_get.prg
+++ b/harbour/tests/rto_get.prg
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ FUNCTION Main( cArg01, cArg02, cArg03, cArg04 )
 
    // ;
 
+   cStr07 := "12:34:56"
+   SetPos( 14, 16 ) ; o := _GET_( cStr07, "cStr07", "99:99",, )
+   o:display()
+   o:setFocus()
+   TGetTOVS( o, { "78" } )
+   TEST_LINE( o:Assign() )
+
+   // ;
+
    nInt02 := 1234.56
    SetPos( 14, 16 ) ; o := _GET_( nInt02, "nInt02", "@Z 9999999.9999",, )
    o:display()