Thanks for all the suggestions. I went with a variation, using ECHO OFF/ON and and specific screen position for the input. Had problems detecting CHAR(13). Learned that INPUT @ screws up things, so utilized the CRT@ for positioning. I'll look into adding backspace handling next. Here is what I ended up with:
PROMPT '' INCHAR='X' PASSWD='' CRT @(0,5):'Enter Password: ': ECHO OFF POS=16 LOOP UNTIL INCHAR='' CRT @(POS,5): INPUT INCHAR,1: PASSWD:=INCHAR CRT @(POS,5):'*' POS+=1 REPEAT ECHO ON Israel, John R. wrote: > > That's actually pretty good! > > > John Israel > Senior Programmer/Analyst > Dayton Superior Corporation > 1125 Byers Road > Miamisburg, OHÂ 45342 > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Mark Eastwood > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 3:43 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Simple Masking of Password Input (Universe Basic) > > Just a quick sample > > PROMPT '' > PW='' > ECHO OFF > LOOP > INPUT X,1: > IF X = '' THEN EXIT > IF X THEN PRINT '*': > PW := X > REPEAT > ECHO ON > PRINT > PRINT PW > > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of nschroth > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:52 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] Simple Masking of Password Input (Universe Basic) > > > Does anyone have a simple routine for entering a password and only > displaying an asterisk for the character entered? > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Simple-Masking-of-Password-Input-%28Universe-Basic > %29-tp32274238p32274238.html > Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Simple-Masking-of-Password-Input-%28Universe-Basic%29-tp32274238p32281524.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
