RE: Enter password but show '*'

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sort of possible, but rendered impractical by a major flaw.  One could
define a 1A input non-display with automatic record advance and an output
field 10A (or whatever you need).  In operation, each character typed is
sent to your program, captured, and an '*' concatted to the end of the
outfield.  The problem is mistakes. Backspace cannot be captured directly
and without it, there's no real way to correct mistakes.  Another key could
be substituted for backspace (i.e.. backslash), but the users would not find
the interface intuitive.

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Sr. Programmer/Analyst
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Njal Fisketjon [mailto:n.f@figu.no]
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:59 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Enter password but show '*'


Rob Berendt wrote:

> Probably because every gui application which prompts for a password does
> this and the users have gotten used to this to see if they've fat fingered
> an extra character.
>

It would allow a person looking count the number of characters in your
password.
BTW Lotus Notes doesn't do this (it randomly adds some characters).

This is not possible on the AS/400 since it would require that you
reprogrammed the
workstation controller to echo each character as it was typed.


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