You all have been most helpful.
In summary, if I were to want to turn on silent read,
I would do this:
X ^%ZOSF("EOFF")
And to turn regular read back on, I do this:
X ^%ZOSF("EON")
But to do the entire task I really want to do, I do
this:
if $$SIG^XUSESIG(duz,x1)=x1 do Success
Thanks so much.
Kevin
--- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's something slightly different (and more
> specialized). The point
> of this API is that it allows you to promp the user
> for their
> electronic signature (something you, as a
> programmer, never
> would/should know) and verify that it is correct. It
> doesn't help if
> you want to do a "password" style read (i.e., with
> user input echoing
> as asterisks) and then get the cleartext value. But
> that's something
> you can do with XGF (the VistA equivalent of
> curses).
>
> --- steven mcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > SIG^XUSESIG(): Verify Electronic Signature Code
> >
> > Reference Type
> > Supported
> >
> > Category
> > Electronic Signatures
> >
> > IA #
> > 10050
> >
> > Description
> > This API requests and verifies the electronic
> signature code of
> > the
> > current user.
> >
> > Format
> > SIG^XUSESIG(duz,x1)
> >
> > Input Parameters
> > duz: (required) User number.
> >
> >
> > Output Parameters x1: If the user entered the
> correct electronic
> > signature
> > code, the encrypted electronic signature code as
> stored in the NEW
> > PERSON
> > file (#200) is returned in x1. Otherwise, x1 is
> returned as NULL.
> >
> > Even though the Format above shows parameter
> passing, there is no
> > parameter
> > passing. Also, this call verifies the signed-on
> user's esig.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "steven mcphelan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:41 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How do I do a
> silent read?
> >
> >
> > > I am leaving for the airport. I will have to
> find it. It is in
> > the
> > Kernel
> > > Systems Manager documentation or the new Kernel
> programmer
> > documentation.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:13 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How do I do a
> silent read?
> > >
> > >
> > > > What API do you have in mind? The XGF
> utilities?
> > > >
> > > > Incidentally, here's some code I wrote to
> allow a user to enter
> > "^" to
> > > > interrupt a running process that's busy
> writing dots to the
> > keyboard.
> > > > It's not exactly what you want, but it shows
> how to read input
> > one
> > > > character at a time in a SAC compliant way and
> also turn echo
> > on/off.
> > > > (The lock statements are a kludge and
> shouldn't be needed.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > WSTUP ; setup
> > > > ;K DTOUT ;in case it is defined
> > > > S CSLTMP=$NA(^XTMP("CSLVEN"_MID))
> > > > D INITKB^XGF("*")
> > > > X ^%ZOSF("EOFF")
> > > > S TIMER=0,DELTA=1,DONE=0
> > > > S:+$G(TTW)'>0 TTW=DTIME
> > > > WLOOP ;
> > > > S YCHR=$$READ^XGF(1,1)
> > > > ;R YCHR#1:1
> > > > ;S:$G(YCHR)["^" DONE=1
> > > > I '$D(DTOUT) S:$G(YCHR)="^" DONE=1
> > > > L [EMAIL PROTECTED]@(0):0
> > > > L [EMAIL PROTECTED]@(0)
> > > > G:'$D(@CSLTMP@(0)) WLOOP2
> > > > L [EMAIL PROTECTED]@(0):0
> > > > S X=$P(@CSLTMP@(0),"^",3)
> > > > S:+X>0 DONE=1
> > > > S:+X>0
> @CSLTMP@("TIMEFOUND")=$$NOW^XLFDT
> > > > L [EMAIL PROTECTED]@(0)
> > > > G:DONE WCLN
> > > > WLOOP2 ;
> > > > D:IO=IO(0)
> > > > .W ". " ;a 1 sec. wait is built into
> the # read
> > > > .;W:TIMER#2=0 ". "
> > > > S:$D(DTOUT) YCHR=""
> > > > S:YCHR["^" X=0
> > > > G:YCHR["^" WCLN
> > > > H DELTA
> > > > S TIMER=TIMER+DELTA
> > > > S:TIMER'<TTW X=0 ;timeout
> > > > G:TIMER'<TTW WCLN
> > > > G WLOOP
> > > > Q
> > > > WCLN ;
> > > > D RESETKB^XGF
> > > > X ^%ZOSF("EON")
> > > > Q $G(X)
> > > >
> > > > --- steven mcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Why not just use the Kernel API for this
> purpose?
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: "Hardhats Sourceforge"
> > <[email protected]>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:13 PM
> > > > > Subject: [Hardhats-members] How do I do a
> silent read?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hey all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I want to ask for a password, and echo *'s
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How do I do this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I.e.
> > > > > > for i=1:1:8 read *S write "*"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > gives:
> > > > > > a*b*c*d*e*f*g*h*
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How do I hide the letters?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > Kevin
> > > > > >
> > > > > > P.S., what I really want to do is to
> compare the
> > > > > > user's input to the electronic signiture
> code stored
> > > > > > in the ELECTRONIC SIGNITURE CODE in file
> 200. Is
> > > > > > there a Fileman way of doing this? I just
> want to
> > > > > > ensure that the user knows the password.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > Kevin
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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