Password field character

[Former Member]

On an unbound edit field which is used to enter a password, how do I set the mask to show an asterisk (*) instead of the actual character entered?

Mike Freivogel

[former_member185703 · Accepted solution]

Hi Mike,

There's no support for such a behavior in UI API.

I did not check it in detail, but I could think of a workaround like this:

You might

- capture et_KEY_DOWN when BeforeAction = True,

- store the actual character in some variable,

- set BubbleEvent = False +

- replace the string in the EditText (or UserDataSource) with one more asterisk...

Of course you will also have to handle backspace etc.

<Del> should not be allowed as you cannot tell where the cursor when it has been pressed.

Maybe I forgot something, but I think it could work.

...but I am sure some developers already faced the same challenge?

HTH anyway,

Frank

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Looks like a job for ActiveX.