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Password input (replacing characters entered with "*")

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gaus

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Feb 5, 2001
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Hi,
I imagine this is a keypress event in a text box. In VB 6, how does one replace each character type with an "*", so the password is not displayed as it is entered?
Thanks,
Gary
 
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Just set PasswordChar property to * in the Properties Window or set it progmatically by:
Text1.PasswordChar = "*"
 
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Hey thanks. I guess I just overlooked that property. However, when I place it in any key related event, when the first of 4 characters is entered, it places 2 * there. So, when typing 1234, I see ***** ( 5 *).
Thanks...
 
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Never mind. I just set the txt box text = "" on form load. It's working fine now - thanks.
 
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