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====== Password-style EditLines ======

=== Published 31 MAR 2014 at 11:43:54PM ===

During the recent Antipodean roadshow a request was made for some new EditLine functionality typically found on mobile operating systems such as Android. Specifically this was to provide a way for a password-style edit control to allow each typed character to be shown briefly before being masked like so:

[caption id="attachment_1196" align="aligncenter" width="463"][[http://revdevx.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/password-peek1.png|{{16892.9888194444_1.png}}]] New Password Functionality[/caption]

Thankfully this was a relatively simple request and we soon added two new properties to implement this:

  * **PASSWORDSTYLE**
  * **PASSWORDPEEKTIME**

 

==== PASSWORDSTYLE Property ====

This is a  boolean property that changes the EditLine into a password-entry style control when set to TRUE.  When set to FALSE the control acts as a normal EditLine. This property can be set at runtime to mask or unmask the entire password if desired.

==== PASSWORDPEEKTIME Property ====

This property contains the number of milliseconds to display an entered character before masking it.  When set to 0 the entered character is never displayed. This property also requires **PASSWORDSTYLE** to be set to TRUE, otherwise it has no effect.

//(Disclaimer: This article is based on preliminary information and may be subject to change in the final release version of OpenInsight 10).//


=== Comments ===


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=== At 01 APR 2014 12:09AM dbakke wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>How do those password-styles edit lines that have "eye" buttons which allows you to see the entire password temporarily get created? Are those custom controls?

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=== At 01 APR 2014 12:26AM Captain C wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Hi Don - I believe the ones seen in IE are (are they the ones you are referring to?) - I've never seen any documentation to suggest they got added to User32/ComCtl32. 



You could do a similar thing in OI using the PASSWORDSTYLE property and a TIMER event - I nearly implemented a REVEALPASSWORD method, and may do so if I get time ...

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=== At 01 APR 2014 10:17AM Captain C wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Digging into this a little further it appears that it's a Windows 8.x feature - but it seems restricted to XAML and IE (PasswordBox control) and it's also controlled by a group policy setting. Still no mention of Win32, and I don't see any changes to an OI Password Edit when run under Win8.

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