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echo: paradox
to: FRANK STOGSDILL
from: ROBERT GOULDY
date: 1994-10-17 12:28:00
subject: echoing characters

>I'm curious as to how one can get the user input to be echoed to the screen 
as
* or X's(to be used for password form in pwin4..5)
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    Hi Frank ...
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         Try this:
method keyChar(var eventInfo KeyEvent)
doDefault
passwordVAR = passwordVAR + PasswordFLD.subStr(size(PasswordFLD))
PasswordFLD = fill("*", size(passwordVAR))
endmethod
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    Aardvark Love!
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    Papa Robert
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