Hi Cathy, I'm not exactly sure I understand what you mean. But you can definitely hide input characters by trapping keyDownEvents and instead display '*' in the field (check the FldInsert API.) Upon receiving a Special character (?), you may then switch to display the string actually entered.
This passowrd hiding issue has been discussed many times in this forum. Luc Le Blanc > Open a built-in security application in a Palm device. > Set the password. Lock the device. > Now try entering password in built-in security > application "System Lockout" screen Lock field, you > will see all the entering characters in "*" format > font. And then press Shift+Character+Alt to launch > Special charcter table there, you will be able to see > viewable special character table there. I want to do > the same. I need to mask the character which is being > entered in a Field as well as when i launch Special > charcter table in the same Field, it should show > viewable special character table there. -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
