Yes, I see.     Is there a way to interact with the grafitti area/
keyboard?     Like if you want to do 'real' alnum password ... :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nesse, Rustin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:12 PM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: RE: #### password Field Resource
> 
> 
> I've done it all in one form handler.  What I do is to put together
> a form with one field on the top, and then put together a number of 
> push buttons (with the same control group, and each labeled by it's
> key...I usually make it resemble a qwerty layout to keep it simple...
> obviously you'd need to make several if you want to support different
> language fonts, like Arabic/Hebrew/Kanji/etc.).  Then in my event
> handler, I have each button respond to a push event like so:
> 
> if( event->data.ctlEnter.controlID == PwEntryOnePushButton )
> {
>       StrCat( InternalNumber, "1" );  // Store the actual value
>       StrCat( Echo, "*" );            // Add another 
> placeholder to the
>                                                       // echo 
> out string
>       SetFieldTextFromStr( OutputOut1Field, Echo ); // Echo 
> out the string
>       
> // using the nifty 
>       
> // string output functions
>       
> // from the manual.
> } 
> 
> And so on with each key.  Obviously, if you do a backspace, 
> you have to
> check to see if the string is empty, etc.  It's not too hard, 
> but it is
> a bit tedious.  Still, it's really user friendly.
> 
> Echo is the string that holds the echoed string, InternalNumber is the
> number that the person is actually entering, etc.  Fairly 
> straightforward.
> =)
> 
> -Rus
> 
> >Could you point us to any examples?   (Post it in private if 
> >necessary :)
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >Brian "Another One Interested in *'s"
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Nesse, Rustin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:52 PM
> >> To: Palm Developer Forum
> >> Subject: RE: #### password Field Resource
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Yep.  You can do it by making my own little keypad, and echoing * 
> >> or # out to the field, while storing or encrypting the data as you 
> >> go. With each letter/button pressed, I reupdate the string in the 
> >> field.
> >> 
> >> -Rus
> >> 
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Bruno Galvao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> >Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 1:48 PM
> >> >To: Palm Developer Forum
> >> >Subject: #### password Field Resource
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Hi,
> >> >anyone could tell me whether it�s possible to make a 
> normal Field UI
> >> >component act like those fields that replace the characters 
> >> >typed with the
> >> >character '#' in order to hide the password being typed ?!
> >> >
> >> >Thanks
> >> >
> >> >
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