Hiding a password
My 4GL is a bit rusty - how do you hide a password in a form again, so that you cannot see the text that is being typed in the field ? Dirk Moolman Database and Unix Administrator Agility Technologies (HealthCorp) "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." *** Disclaimer *** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and legally privileged and is intended solely for the addressee and to others who have the authority to receive it. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized and as such, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on it is unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately. The views expressed in this e-mail are the views of the individual sender and should in no way be construed as the views of the Company. The Company is not liable to ensure that outgoing e-mails are virus-free. The Company is not liable, should information or data, for whatever reason, be corrupted or fail to reach its intended addressee. The Company is not liable for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising resulting from the opening or the use of the information in this e-mail, including its attachments and links. The sender of this e-mail is subject to and bound by the terms and conditions of Company’s Electronic Communications Usage Policy.
On Nov 6, 8:54 am, "Dirk Moolman" <Di...@agilitytech.co.za> wrote: > My 4GL is a bit rusty - how do you hide a password in a form again, so > that you cannot see the text that is being typed in the field ? > > Dirk Moolman > Database and Unix Administrator > Agility Technologies (HealthCorp) > > "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of > thought which they seldom use." > > *** Disclaimer *** > > The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and legally privileged and is intended solely for the addressee and to others who have the authority to receive it. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized and as such, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on it is unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately. > > The views expressed in this e-mail are the views of the individual sender and should in no way be construed as the views of the Company. > > The Company is not liable to ensure that outgoing e-mails are virus-free. > > The Company is not liable, should information or data, for whatever reason, be corrupted or fail to reach its intended addressee. > > The Company is not liable for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising resulting from the opening or the use of the information in this e-mail, including its attachments and links. > > The sender of this e-mail is subject to and bound by the terms and conditions of Company+IBk-s Electronic Communications Usage Policy. The best way is to write a 4Gl callable 'C' routine to take in the password without echo. That will give you the control to echo asterisks (or whatever) and visually show backspacing to help the user. You can also do it with a form field by setting the field attributes to include: INVISIBLE. However, this ONLY works correctly if the TERMCAP/TERMINFO setting contains the proper command strings to support it. Art S. Kagel