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echo: foxpro
to: BRUCE MCKINNON
from: DAVID POWELL
date: 1997-01-30 22:32:00
subject: Hiding passwords and FPW26

Hi Bruce:
 BM> Has anyone figured out a nice way to replace characters 
 BM> echoed in GETs with '*' characters. I want to do this 
 BM> to hide passwords on screen, but can't figure out how I 
 BM> can mix hidden passwords with a screen of regular GETs.
Yes, I've done it using INKEY().
I have a routine I call PassCard.prg if you'd be interested.  It's here
in the FPLib() and I could re-post it for you.
David in Dallas.
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