Partial passwords

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Walter posted:

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> 
> Hum. For the moment I belive a password edit will work. Why in the world 
> can I not devine the password edit? I thought we had something that 
> would display "#" since ProFile16 days.
> I'm not talking about inputpw... I want a pw edit, or is that a 5.6 
> function? I don't need it encrypted, just not displayable.
> 

I do not know of such edit but if none exists:

Why not use @wef### trigger + input (@row, at col) pw(10,password) ""?
@row and @col are the X,Y just to the left of the actual field.

If I am not mistaken, there is a new argument for input that a default
value can be given thus setting your input variable to whatever the 
real field is.

After obtaining your input, you can simply check number of characters
in input field (pw in this case) and display as many # as needed.

Of course, a little of work is needed to make sure that you ALWAYS
display ####### in lieu of actual text so, a dummy variable should be
used on your screen while the real field is kept in the background.

Between @entsel, @wlf### and possibly automatic, I figure about 6 to
10 lines of code.  Oh, do not forget to 'skip' out of your @wef### trigger!

Hope this points you in the right direction!


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