Concealing Password in Text Field

[Genx]

I'm trying to make a custom login minus file maker dialoge box...

Firstly is there a way to conceal a password in a standard text field.

Secondly, although the login and password details clear after people login, there is only one record so if someone happens to try to login while someone else is attempting to login... their login and password are left there, any solution?

Help would be great, cheers.

Edited September 21, 2005 by Guest

[Reed]

Use a custom dialog in scriptmaker to mask the password entry. In a plain field, one way to do it would be to install a bullet font, an easier way would be to change the text color to the same as the field fill color so text is invisible in the field.

Use global fields to temporarily store the credentials during the script, and then clear them after the script is finished. Other simultaneous logins won't see others data, since globals are session-specific.

[Genx]

i didnt know that globals were session specific, the bullet font idea sounds good, and the same colored font thing crossed my mind, but then the only problem is that the user cant see how many characters they've typed...

Anyway, thanks lots for the help...

[dkemme]

The above will work but realized a savy user will find a way to get past above unless carefully crafted. I would try to use FM7's security instead.

[Genx]

... but its ugly ...

[VICH]

and if you just use bullet font...and you have a smart user...and you didn't lock the field...they oculd copy and paste the bullet font text and change it to a readable font....i don't know if that would really be an issue with your situations but i've seen it done and just thought i would add it

[Genx]

... but if you restrict the users menu's to minimum doesnt that disallow them from copying/pasting anything anyway...?