Thread: How do I display user-entered text as asterisks? E.g. Password

  1. 09-01-2001 #1
    n00b
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    Question How do I display user-entered text as asterisks? E.g. Password

    Hey all.

    It just occurred to me that I don't know how to echo text as asterisks. I'm sure there's some way of doing it

    Any suggestions?

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    If you don't know what I mean, I mean when you put in a password and it comes up as asterisks. Thanks.
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    set edit box style ES_PASSWORD. By default this uses an asterix but you can use a different char by supplying one to the SetPasswordChar() function.
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