Password field code to share?

[J. Landman Gay]

I've used this simple technique for years:

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On March 21, 2017 4:50:02 AM Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hello,
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> there have been several solutions for password fields around the community
> (Eric Chatonet, .), but all I have seen so far are not complete (e.g. no
> copy/paste) or safe in handling or not fully handling all chars. The most
> comprehensive solution I have seen is based on the input of "rawKeyDown the
> Key" getting the chars, replacing them by asterisk or bullets and storing
> the clear password in a custom property. But that solution has a pitfall, it
> doesn't works with non standard ASCII characters, like German umlaute,
> because  you can't  retrieve the original char from numToChar(theKey) for
> theses non standard ASCII chars.
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> Before inventing the wheel again, I wanted to ask, if anybody has a
> sophisticated piece of code for handling a password field willing to share?
> "Ask password" is not a solution for my case because the password field is
> part of a form.
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> Thanks
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> Tiemo
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