Simulating password entry

[Devin Asay]

Thanks to all who sent suggestions. Here's what I came up with (beware 
line wraps):

global passwd

on keydown whichKey
   put word 2 of the selectedChunk of me into sChar
   put word 4 of the selectedChunk of me into eChar
   if eChar > sChar then -- some text is selected
     delete char sChar to eChar of me
     delete char sChar to eChar of passwd
   end if
   put word 2 of the selectedChunk of me into sChar
   put word 4 of the selectedChunk of me into eChar
   put whichKey after char eChar of passwd
   put numtochar(165) after char eChar of me
end keyDown

on backspaceKey
   put word 2 of the selectedChunk of me into sChar
   put word 4 of the selectedChunk of me into eChar
   if eChar > sChar then -- text is selected
     delete char sChar to eChar of me
     delete char sChar to eChar of passwd
   else
     delete char eChar of me
     delete char eChar of passwd
   end if
end backspaceKey

on deleteKey
   put word 2 of the selectedChunk of me into sChar
   put word 4 of the selectedChunk of me into eChar
   if eChar > sChar then -- text is selected
     delete char sChar to eChar of me
     delete char sChar to eChar of passwd
   else
     delete char eChar of me
     delete char eChar of passwd
   end if
end deleteKey

on returnInField
   click at the loc of btn "connect"
end returnInField

On Aug 18, 2004, at 1:25 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?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Devin Asay
> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
> Brigham Young University
>
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Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University