This method allows users to copy the passworsd and paste it in to memoes or
so.

It also probably would fail if a user had fonthack v or font smoother iens
talld.

Not very secure in general imo.

Ryan

On 3/12/08, Caio Proiete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Cathy,
>
> As far as I know, there's no native OS way to do that, but there's a
> workaround.
>
> The best way I know (and which I currently use) is to create a custom font
> that has all ASCII chars replaced by the "*" or any other character you
> would like to show to the user.
>
> I wrote an article about that some months ago, which you might want to
> have take a look (It's in Portuguese, sorry! You can use Google Translator
> to help you out):
>
>
> http://www.pdaexpert.net/artigos/palm-os/handheld-basic/hb-criando-campos-com-mascaras-do-tipo-senha/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Caio Proiete
>
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