Password character blanking

[kevsmart]

I am trying to password protect a form, and I don't want to access the registry so I don't want to use the Login form that is built in. All I am using is an input box. I want to be able to replace the characters the user types in with * so no one else can see the password, but I don't know how to do it in an input box, or if it can even be done. Any ideas?

[HeSaidJoe]

'Set the input of an input box to password characters 


'---bas module code-- 
Option Explicit 

Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long 

Public Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long 

Public Declare Function SetTimer& Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd&, ByVal nIDEvent&, ByVal uElapse&, ByVal lpTimerFunc&) 

Public Declare Function KillTimer& Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd&, ByVal nIDEvent&) 
Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long 
Public Const NV_INPUTBOX As Long = &H5000& 
Public Const EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR = &HCC 
Public Sub TimerProc(ByVal hwnd&, ByVal uMsg&, ByVal idEvent&, ByVal dwTime&) 
Dim myHwnd As Long 
'Change here App.Title (defoult InputBox Caption) into your caption 
myHwnd = FindWindowEx(FindWindow("#32770", App.Title), 0, "Edit", "") 
Call SendMessage(myHwnd, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, 42, 0) 
KillTimer hwnd, idEvent 
End Sub 

'--Using - form code: 
Private Sub Command1_Click() 
Dim sPass As String 
SetTimer hwnd, NV_INPUTBOX, 10, AddressOf TimerProc 
sPass = InputBox("Set Password") 
End Sub

[MartinLiss]

Or you can use the form which looks like an InputBox in the attached zip file. It allows the input to be password protected.

[kevsmart]

Thanks, the inputbox form is working for me.