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help!, im tryingtomakepassword

Author:  r0ssar00 [ Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:37 am ]
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i need some help. my dilemma is this, I am making a dos simulation and i am making a login screen, one problem, when I run it, the password characteres echo onto the screen, I need either no characters echoed or stars echoed, can anyone help?

Author:  Dan [ Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:08 pm ]
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setscreen ( "noecho" ) will make it so no input is shown on the screen. To do the starts thing you whold have to use noecho and getch and every time a key is hit put a start on the screen

Author:  Tony [ Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:22 pm ]
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this has been done numerous times

Author:  r0ssar00 [ Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:54 am ]
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thanks, i thought noecho was something i could use, but only thought of it today before i saw your post


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