Very clever!!
______________________________________________________________________________________________ jim schaubeck jimschaub...@yahoo.com/ 714.321.4499 ________________________________ From: J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Friday, December 7, 2012 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Password Field - Mark Schonewille On 12/7/12 6:57 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using Mark Schonewille's password field in some of my > stacks for a while. So far it has done the trick, but I found out > recently that it doesn't like to play well with the number keys on the > right of the keyboard. Are there any other password fields I could > leverage or some basic tips for catching keystrokes from the number > pad? > > My favorite way to do this is with a trick posted by Bill Marriott some years ago. It acts like any other field, accepts any normal field input from any keyboard or input source, allows all editing functions, user selections, etc. and still hides what the user types. You can get the text just like you do from any field. Here's what he said: === Here is what I thought was a very simple solution to that: 1) Include a tiny image (such as a 10x10 pixel padlock) in your stack. I named mine "tinyPadlock." 2) Attach this script to the field used for password entry: on keyUp -- enable masking of password during entry lock messages lock screen repeat with i = 1 to the number of characters in me if the imagesource of char i of me is not "tinyPadlock" then set the imagesource char i of me to "tinyPadlock" end if end repeat unlock messages pass keyUp end keyUp This handles whatever someone might do in the field, masks their input, and still allows you to access the content of the field as if the password masking was not used. === I usually use a little bullet image. Caveat: It does fail if you leave the copy or cut menu item active. If a user can copy the images, the original text will be revealed when pasted somewhere else. Disable "copy" and "cut" when the field is in use. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
