input box encryption

[Steve]

I have a secured function on a form in which the user must enter a secure
password in order to access the function. However, the user is asked for
the password using the inputbox function.

The problem is that whatever the user enters shows up on the scren in normal
text.

For example, the imput box shows "Please Enter Function Password:" If the
password is "875JJ", then those exact characters show up on the screen as
they type. Is there a way to use the input box function but when the user
types the text, the characters show up as encrypted (i.e. *****)?

-Stephen

 

[Allen Browne]

Create a small unbound form to use for the entry instead of the InputBox.

Set the Input Mask property of the text box to: Password.

 

[Keith Wilby]

I have a secured function on a form in which the user must enter a secure
password in order to access the function. However, the user is asked for
the password using the inputbox function.

The problem is that whatever the user enters shows up on the scren in
normal text.

For example, the imput box shows "Please Enter Function Password:" If the
password is "875JJ", then those exact characters show up on the screen as
they type. Is there a way to use the input box function but when the user
types the text, the characters show up as encrypted (i.e. *****)?

-Stephen

Not AFAIK, you'll have to use an unbound form/text box arrangement with a
"password" input mask.

HTH - Keith.
www.keithwilby.com