Thread: password encryption

  1. #1
    quicksilver9531
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    password encryption

    OK I am trying to make a program to type in a password... however when the password is typed in i do not want the user to see what they are typeing... I dont want the little ****'s either i just want the input field to remain blank.. is there anyway to do this? please help me out.. my email is [email protected]

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    This is actually quite difficult. It involves making your own function to get input one character at a time and you also have to consider things like backspaces, the arrow keys, and the del key.

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    I'm assuming you're writing a console app.

    #include <conio.h>

    in that header are some useful functions for what you want to do.
    getch() reads a key pressed. you can use that to intercept a keypress and write whatever character you want in its place (using putch()).

    Look thru the header at the functions. It's not too difficult.

    ...
    char ch = getch();
    passStr[index++] = ch;
    putch('*');
    ...

    HTH

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