Re: How to turn the echo off within a 4gl application

}From: fsc0@bigbang.isg.com }Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 11:21:12 -0700 }Subject: How to turn the echo off within a 4gl application }X-Informix-List-Id: <list.2986> } I am not sure if someone has posed this question before or not. }I am writing a informix 4gl program and there are a couple of fields on }the screen that I do not want the user to see what he or she is }typing in. } }Is there a way to turn the echo off within an informix 4gl program? }Or is there a way to echo asterisk to the screen while the user is typing? } } I am playing with the color attribute (like using black on black, }etc) but that does not seem to work too well on some terminals. I am }currently using informix 4gl version 4.1 with Informix Online 4.1 as my }database engine. } } Any comment or suggestion will be greatly appreciated. }Francis Chue }Unix System Project Leader }American TriTech Internet: fsc0@isg.com }10717 Sorrento Valley Road Voice : (619)453-7000 ext. 283 }San Diego, CA 92121 Fax : (619)453-8709 Using any color is not the way to go; black is not necessarily very invisible -- black on a white (or red, or ...) background shows up quite well. Your obvious choice is to use the INVISIBLE attribute. The good news is that it exists. The bad news is that all the released versions have significant bugs which mean that invisible fields can be remarkably visible, or can change between invisible and visible by re-entering the field, or whatever. The good news is that the 4.12 release will have at least some of these problems fixed. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>