Since you only get a copy of the event in OS5, you must post a new event to
the queue, and return handled = true for the current character.

Note that this topic has been covered. Search the forum. There are issues
with paste, etc.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 5:31 AM
Subject: Can't change KeyDownEvent char in OS 5 for password mask


> I currently intercept the keyDownEvent on password fields and change what
> the user typed to an asterisk.   This allows me to mask what the user
types.
> I did this by setting
>
>     pEvent->data.keyDown.chr = '*'
>
> after saving what they really typed.  This no longer works in OS 5.  It
> seems to ignore the changes I make to this field.  Is there another way to
> do this now?
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
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