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Set '*' as a Password Char in a Form Field [message #901077]

Thu, 09 August 2012 15:56

Hector Romer

Messages: 1
Registered: July 2012

Junior Member

Hi,

First of all, I am using Scout.

I would like to know how can I set '*' as the masking char in the password field of my Users Form.

In other words, I'd like the password to be displayed a a series of * in the corresponding form field.

Hector

[Updated on: Thu, 09 August 2012 15:57]

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Re: Set '*' as a Password Char in a Form Field [message #901079 is a reply to message #901077]

Thu, 09 August 2012 16:07

Arthur vD

Messages: 52
Registered: March 2010

Member

Hi

For an AbstractStringField you can set getConfiguredInputMasked to true. I don't think you can explicitly set the masking character, I believe it just uses a password field provided by SWT, Swing etc. If you have/want to change it, you could try playing with execFormatValue (I don't know whether you would have to check for possible "clipboard attacks" in that case).

I hope that helps.

Regards

Arthur

[Updated on: Thu, 09 August 2012 16:08]

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