Thread: Hiding input password

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    Unhappy Hiding input password

    Im trying to make an login menu in Visual studio 6.0. I want the password to be typed in as '*' , so you cant se the real password on the screen. Im building a MS-DOS interface. Here is the code we allready have tried and it didn't work..

    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <conio.h>

    main ()
    {
    int c=0;
    char buffer[20];
    char a;
    char n[11];

    cout << "Name: ";
    cin >> n;
    cout << "Password: ";

    while(a != '\n')
    {
    a=getch();
    buffer[c]=a;
    cout<<"*";
    c++;
    }

    cout<<buffer;
    return 0;
    }

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    You can't use old type I/O, (getch), and stream I/O, (cout, cin), on the same channel at the same time without problems. Use one or the other.
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    It's full of stars adrianxw's Avatar
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    It is always better to continue these threads on the board rather than take it to e-mail. First, I am not in the office that often, you were lucky, second, nobody else learns anything!

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <conio.h> 
    
    main () 
    { 
      int c=0; 
      char buffer[20]; 
      char a; 
      char n[11];
      bool Continue = 1;
    
      printf("Name: "); 
      scanf("%s",&n); 
      printf("Password: "); 
    
      while (Continue) 
      { 
        a=getch();
        if (a == 13)
        {
          Continue = 0;
          buffer[c] = 0;
        }
        else
        { 
          buffer[c]=a; 
          printf("*"); 
          c++;
        } 
      };
      printf("\n%s\n",buffer);
     
      return 0; 
    }
    This is a bit nasty as I didn't have a lot of time, but basically works with VC6.
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