using inputbox() , would like while typing the password to overwrite it with * 1

[Ernesto_Paez]

Hi Everyone,
Yes i know, i should use a form for "sign-in" but for now i am using the inputbox(), and would like to know if for each keystroke, is there a way while typing "secret", to overwrite each letter with "*"

below is the code

Thanks a lot in advance

Local lcPassword
lcPassword= Upper(Inputbox('Please enter password to open this','Enter Password'))
If Alltrim(m.lcPassword) ==  'SECRET'
	Do Form assyreps
Endif

 

[Mike Lewis]

No, this is not possible with an InputBox. It might conceivably be possible to trap every key with ON KEY, or maybe get the keystrokes with INKEY(), but it would be extrememly cludgy and probably not work anyway.

Creating your own password form would be much easier. As you probably, all you need is a label and a textbox, and the textbox would have its PasswordChar property set as appropriate.

Alternatively, you can use the ready-made Password Dialog Box Foundation Class, which you can find it _dialogs.vcx.

Mike


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[Koen Piller]

Hi Landfla,
Use a textbox and set the property PasswordChar to *
Koen

 

[GriffMG]

Mike is right, create a modal form with a textbox (with the PasswordChar set as Koen suggests) and then you can add things that help, like Caps Lock warnings
and other useful stuff.

Regards

Griff
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[Mike Lewis]

One other point ....

If you create your own password as per my suggestion, set the PasswordChar property to CHR(108) (that's a lower-case "l"), and set the FontName to Wingdings. That way, you'll get a big chunky blob to hide the password. This looks much nicer than the sickly asterisk you get by default, in my opinion.

This applies if you are creating your own form. If you are using the Password Dialog Box Foundation Class, you will have to modify the underlying class to get the same effect (which is quite easy to do).

Mike

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[Ernesto_Paez]

thanks to all for the clues, Mike good idea for the fontName.