Simulating password entry

[J. Landman Gay]

On 8/18/04 2:25 PM, Devin Asay wrote:

> All,
> 
> I'm writing an app that simulates a network server login on Mac OS X. I 
> want the password field to behave just like normal password fields in OS 
> X; i.e., bullet characters appear in place of clear text. I've sorta 
> kinda got it working by trapping the keydown message in the password 
> field, but it's quirky. Before I spend a lot of time on this, I thought 
> I'd ask: Has anyone done this and would mind sharing a script?

It's built in. If you want an encrypted password back:

  ask password "Enter your password"

If you want clear text back:

  ask password clear "Enter your password"

Both return the user entry in the variable "it".

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