Thread: how to enter a password with asterisks

Hi everyone,

I need help with displaying a password string entered by the user in asterisks*.

for example:

my version is this...

Enter password: gsdfsa

however, I want it to look like this...

Enter password:******

PLEASE HELP!!

Use a keyboard input routine that doesn't echo characters to the screen. Then when a key is pressed, echo and asterisk. Watch for the following characters:

<TAB>
<BKSPC>
<RTRN>

Tab is 0x09 - aka CTRL-I
Backspace is 0x08 - aka CTRL-H
Return is 0x0D - aka CTRL-M

enjoy.