I think you are right. Maybe I will duplicate the field and hide/unhide field with the button instead.
Dan Goldberg -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis McGrath Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:43 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: PASSWORDCHAR There is a distinct possibility that this property will not change the behavior of the DBEdit control once the form has actually started. I tried changing it to '*' with a button on the form and it had no effect. You might try experimenting in the "before form start" eep to see if this property works there. Dennis McGrath -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:33 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: PASSWORDCHAR How about "OFF" or "FALSE"? or "ENABLED FALSE" Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Goldberg" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - PASSWORDCHAR >I am trying to disable the password character in a db edit field in a form > with a button but I cannot figure it out. > > I am trying to use property to disable it. > > PROPERTY <ComponentID> PASSWORDCHAR '*' > > I have tried > > PROPERTY <ComponentID> PASSWORDCHAR ' ' > PROPERTY <ComponentID> PASSWORDCHAR '' > PROPERTY <ComponentID> PASSWORDCHAR null > > But none of these change the * back to characters. > > Anybody have ideas?? > > TIA > > Dan Goldberg > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.387 / Virus Database: 270.13.13/2237 - Release Date: 07/14/09 05:56:00

