or even simply set the font of the field to symbol, you will get an
unreadable character
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JB Parrett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 8:20 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Re: Security Type Input Field
>
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am wanting to have an input field that echos a "*" for
> every letter that
> >the user types in. Is there a way that this can be done?
>
> The event loop is your friend. In your form event handler, look for
> keyDownEvent events. If they occur in your password field, copy the
> actual character to a buffer, change the character in the EventType
> structure to a bullet or asterisk, and return false for the handler.
> The default behavior for keyDown events for a text field is to enter
> the current character in the field, which you just changed.
>
> JB
>
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