WinXp style Password Characters

[jmc014]

Hi there,

I'm having a bit of a hard time creating the XP style password characters instead of the standard "***". I've seen the related FAQ and have adjusted the textbox font to Windings 10, the problem that I'm having is that I dont know how I can set the lower case "l" to the textbox. Does anyone know how this is done?

Thanks,

 

[genomon]

I dont know how I can set the lower case "l" to the textbox

Not sure what you are talking about here; have you looked at the UCase() LCase() functions?

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[HarleyQuinn]

genomon, the problem the OP is encoutering is that to produce the XP style password characters, the value in the textbox needs to be lower case l (as the actual value wouldn't make the correct symbol).

This would be dead easy in VB6 using l as the textbox's Password Char but is a little bit more difficult in Access, I'm still trying to think of a useful solution.

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[genomon]

Here is a start - code will change whatever is typed in to whatever you want (you'll have to look up the ascii value you want):

Private Sub txtTextBox_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)

    KeyAscii = the ascii c0de you want to display

End Sub

You'll probably want to add some code to store what was actually typed in before you change it.

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[jmc014]

Thanks guys,

I'm not sure if it's actually worth while spending too much time on this since it's not critical and only "Nice to have".

I'll have a quick play around to see if something can be done.

Thanks for your help.

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Lucky you, at least your windows runs!!! Just wait until Windows 7 comes out...