masking text

[Trevor DeVore]

On Nov 7, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Larry Watts wrote:

> Is there a way to mask text input into a field, as when a user  
> enters a password?  I thought this is so common there should have  
> been an easy answer.

Hi Larry,

There are a couple of different approaches you can take. I like to use  
a custom font that displays bullets for every character entered. This  
allows you to set and get the text of the password field without  
having to store the actual characters entered elsewhere. I find this  
more convenient.

I posted a lesson on this technique here:
<http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/lessons/249-Creating-a-Password-Field 
 >

Regards,

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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems
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