On Aug 18, 2011, at 8:54 PM, John Tregea wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I used a different approach to this question as the bulleted text font
> didn't seem that secure. The following code just traps the characters
> entered into a field and replaces them with "*" while storing the actual
> string into a global variable.
>
> on openfield
> global gThePass
> put empty into gThePass
> put empty into fld "password"
> pass openfield
> end openfield
>
> on keydown thekey
> global gThePass
> put thekey after gThePass
> put "*" after field "Password"
> end keydown
>
> on backspacekey
> global gThePass
> put empty into fld "password"
> put empty into gThePass
> end backspacekey
>
>
> on returninfield
> global gTheUser
> send mouseup to btn "Login"
> exit returninfield
> end returninfield
>
> The only downside is that if the user makes a mistake and types a backspace
> they have to start all over again.
Just modify the backspace handler:
on backspacekey
global gThePass
delete char -1 of fld "password"
delete char -1 of gThePass
end backspacekey
and it will work as you would expect.
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
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http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
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