I see what he's saying. He wants to visually replace the entered characters with x's while the user enters a password. This can be done by catching the entered character, storing it, THEN outputting the x to the field. (I think.) You'd have the user-defined input stored in one place, and x's on the field... -Rus >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 8:40 AM >To: Palm Developer Forum >Subject: RE: Password entry ><LYR11403-10011-2000.06.06-00.21.57--smann#[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><LYR11403-10033-2000.06.06-08.19.00--smann#[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>Would that not cause problems, when the data field is read? >Would you not >>get back "xxxxxxx" instead of "letmein" for example? > >That would all depend on how it was being stored and read. If you >intercept the keystrokes, presumably you have control over how the >data is stored, who has access to it, and how it's read. > >Can you be more specific as to how it might be a problem? Who would >be doing the reading and how? > >Regards, >Steve MAnn >-- >------------------------------------------- >Creative Digital Publishing Inc. >1315 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3117 >------------------------------------------- >805.784.9461 805.784.9462 (fax) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cdpubs.com > >-- >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to >unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
