masking passwords

Andy · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:25 pm

i saw danshadow's forum thingny and noticed he didnt mask the passwords so i made this

code:

fcn getpass : string
var pass := ""
var charc : string (1)
loop
getch (charc)
exit when ord (charc) = 10
if ord (charc) = 8 and length (pass) not= 0 then
locate (whatrow, whatcol - 1)
put " " ..
locate (whatrow, whatcol - 1)
pass := pass (1 .. length (pass) - 1)
elsif ord (charc) not= 8 then
pass := pass + charc
put "*" ..
end if
end loop
put ""
result pass
end getpass

put getpass

shorthair · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:40 pm

I like that , its well done , im gonna use that in my app

Mazer · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:16 pm

Why not use setscreen ("noecho") and avoid all that locate nonsense?

McKenzie · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 8:06 pm

because the user needs feedback to know that the key was accepted, especially with a wonky kb. Oh in VB just set the passwordChar property to * in your edit box (I'm not kidding)

shorthair · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 9:24 pm

does hte * represent anything , like in turing ?

Dan · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:35 pm

McKenzie wrote:

because the user needs feedback to know that the key was accepted, especially with a wonky kb. Oh in VB just set the passwordChar property to * in your edit box (I'm not kidding)

well the linux poleop have allways bivled that u should not even give out how long the pass is or at least that why i think they make there log in consloe that way Rolling Eyes

McKenzie · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:53 pm

For the passwordChar all the * means is that when the user types replace it with a *. You don't actually set it in the code. You just change it in the properties box. You can use any character but * is the most common.

shorthair · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:57 pm

Thanks for clearing that up for me guys , you had me confused for a while Very Happy

Mazer · **Posted:** Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:30 am

McKenzie wrote:

because the user needs feedback to know that the key was accepted, especially with a wonky kb. Oh in VB just set the passwordChar property to * in your edit box (I'm not kidding)

I know they need feedback. I'm saying, use noecho so that whatever they type doesn't show up, and whenever they press a key (except backspace and enter), put a * at the location. That's how I did the login for my game, the only difference is that I was using Font.Draw instead of put.

McKenzie · **Posted:** Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:38 am

I'm stupid, you're right Embarassed

Andy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:12 am

but there is not much difference... at least i dont think there is

jonos · **Posted:** Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:20 am

i tried making something like that, i couldn't though, that's cool.

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