Masking a Password Input with Astrixes 2

[Bystander]

Hi All,

I have a form that allows the user to key in their password, the field is set so that the input cannot be seen. I really would like to show asterixes so that people can see that they have entered something. Have got by without it for 8 years but really do need to move on.

Please can anyone advise of a solution.

Regards

Bystander

 

[Langley]

Credit to Vlad Menkin.


Code is attached to an unbound field (assume it is named fldPass)
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var:
stPass string
stAllowablePassChars string

open:
stPass=""
stAllowablePassChars ="123ABCabc"; and so on

keychar:
if stAllowablePassChars.search(eventinfo.char())>0 then
stPass=stPass+eventinfo.char()
fldPass=fill("*",stPass.size())
endif
disabledefault

keyphysical:
if eventinfo.vcharcode()=VK_BACK and stPass>"" then
stPass=stPass.substr(1,stPass.size()-1)
fldPass=fill("*",stPass.size())
disabledefault
endif

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Mac

"There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't"

langley_mckelvy@cd4.co.harris.tx.us

 

[footpad]

Bystander,

Vladimir's technique will work, though it hardcodes the password into the code, which makes things harder to maintain over time. (To change the password, you need to change the code.)

You may also wish to take a peek at

http://techtricks.com/paradox/password.php,

which shows a different way to do this.

Hope this helps...

-- Lance

 

[Langley]

Lance, unless I'm reading this wrong, the password itself is not hardcoded - only the allowable characters.

Mac

"There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't"

langley_mckelvy@cd4.co.harris.tx.us

 

[Bystander]

Langley and Footpad,

Many thanks for your responses, I have tried both and each is a top class solution. I ended up using the techtricks solution because my password code reads the value in the unbound field.

Lance, shouldn't the line below from your tutorial set the No Echo property to True?

Set fldPassword's Run Time | No Echo property to False by removing its checkmark from the property sheet.

Regards

Bystander

 

[footpad]

Bystandar,

I think you're right. Thank you.

It's a cardinal rule that writers should never serve as their own editors. *sigh*

Sorry...

-- Lance

 

[Bystander]

Lance,

Glad to be of service. I spend all day reading code and contracts of employments. Second nature to proof everything I see.

Regards

Bystander