As 'Caio Proiete' suggested we can't do customize font
or any font for texts which are entered in a 'Field'.
This can be done only when we draw characters on the
screen using WinDrawChars.
I want to know how to convert entering every character
in the 'Field', into mask state like providing '*'?
Your prc works fine. I am using Cygwin for
compilation. I am able to create and access font file
using xFont.
But when i call FntDefineFont, FntSetFont in my code
where we enter a character in 'Field' under
'KeyDownEvent', but changing into customize font for
characters which are typed on a
hi,
I am trying to provide '*' (star) when writing some
characters in field, but couldn't find the exact
support for this in Palm. Apart from 'getting char and
storing it somewhere and write programmatically '*'
into field', is there any other direct scenario is
available in Palm? For ex; Set
Hi Cathy,
As far as I know, there's no native OS way to do that, but there's a workaround.
The best way I know (and which I currently use) is to create a custom font that
has all ASCII chars replaced by the * or any other character you would like
to show to the user.
I wrote an article about
This method allows users to copy the passworsd and paste it in to memoes or
so.
It also probably would fail if a user had fonthack v or font smoother iens
talld.
Not very secure in general imo.
Ryan
On 3/12/08, Caio Proiete [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Cathy,
As far as I know, there's no
