How do I get text field to only show asterisks?

[alian007]

I have a case where I need to prompt for username and password which I then pass as arguments to an application. It is imperative that the password does not get echoed to the screen (y'a know, ***** are Ok)

I can't seem to find any way to do this using either SF5 or SF6.

Has anyone ever found a workaround for this ?

[Abaddon]

Re: How do I get text field to only show asterisks?

2Developers:
So, is it very difficult to realize this feature?
When it will be possible to set "password" style for editbox?

[Abaddon]

Re: How do I get text field to only show asterisks?

Can anybody say how to do this or jast say "this is impossible"?
I am confused with no any answers from support team :-(

[Mark]

Re: How do I get text field to only show asterisks?

Hi,

Sorry about that, we've been updating the forum, and as a result some posts did not get answered as quickly as they should have been.

Currently in both Setup Factory 5.0 and 6.0 there is no way to mask the text that is entered by a user.

This is something that we will look at for an update, or perhaps the next version.

mark.

[Popanot123]

Re: How do I get text field to only show asterisks?

I can't believe this feature is not included with the product. It doesn't seem like it would be that difficult to add. As it is now, I'm either going to have to develop a Delphi or VB app. to handle this functionality, or, find another installer product that is able to do this for me.

[Darryl]

Re: How do I get text field to only show asterisks?

Currently the only masking is on the Verify Serial Number screen. Input masking on the Edit Boxes screen is currently listed for our developers to consider in the next update.