text field

[Sarah Reichelt]

> how to make a text field a password field, where characters are  
> asterisks.
>
> thanks,

The only built-in way to get password entry is using the "answer  
password" command.
However if you want to allow people to enter passwords into a field,  
then you need to script the data entry yourself.
The easiest way is to let them enter the password as plain text and  
then in a closeField handler, store the actual password somewhere  
secure, perhaps in a custom property, then replace all the letters  
with asterisks.
Alternatively, you can trap the rawKeyDown or keyDown messages and  
append any typed characters to the stored password, while adding an  
asterisk to the field.

Cheers,
Sarah