Subject Re: EntryField with Mask property From John Noble <john@nospam.com> Date Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:25:00 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Ken, I never of thought of changing the font! Thanks again, J Ken Mayer Wrote: > On 12/14/2021 8:20 AM, John NOble wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I have looked through the DUFLP to see if I can find what I am looking for but I cant seem to find anything. I was wondering if there is a EntryField object that has a mask property. A bit like password.cc where you type in a value but it displays as ****. > > > > I cant use the password.cc control as it requires that you know what the accepted password in advance. I need to send the actual value typed into the Entryfield (but displayed as *****) to a third party function without knowing if it is correct answer or not. > > > > There is at lease one font that replaces every character typed with a > dot, which you could use. I don't recall if anything in the dUFLP uses it. > > https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1106896/password_dots_2 > > You would need to install it on your computer and on that of your users, > but it's not hard to do with Inno Setup. > > Ken > > -- > *Ken Mayer* > Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase > The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp > dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm > dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm > dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm