Re: Password Echo on Var

[Bernard Lis]

we used this in dos days to hide the character being typed. Perhaps you can use a portion of this in an eep for your purpose. Bernie Lis Megabytes, Inc. *( get password pswrd.mac) Label start cls clear var vget1,vhide,vdots,vpos set var vpos int=49, vget1 text, vhide text, vdots text write "Please enter your password:" at 10 21 set escape off Label getchar fillin vget1=0 using "" at 10 .vpos if vget1 <> [enter] then set var vdots to (.vdots + ".") set var vhide to (.vhide + .vget1) set var vpos to (.vpos + 1) write .vdots at 10 49 goto getchar endif cls if vhide <> "yourpassword" then ; goto sorry ; endif set escape on clear var vget1,vhide,vdots,vpos return Label sorry clear all var quit to start.mac ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Vincent To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 2:21 PM Subject: Password Echo on Var Using the latest and greatest RBW 6.5++ (1.851) Is there a way to have asterisks echoed back in a global var located in a form?!