Invisible Phrases/Words

[Dim]

Does anyone know how to make specified phrases/word invisible in a text box? Or is it only possible if i erase them?


Thanx you,
D!m

Do you mean invisible to the User? Or invisible to the System?

[Zero]

One could use the RichText control to make the text of the phrase the same color as the background.

Consider the following:

RichText1.Text = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."

SearchFor$ = Inputbox("Make what invisible?")
Location = InStr(1, Ucase(Ri4chText1.Text), Ucase(SearchFor$))

If Location = 0 Then
MsgBox "That's not in the string!"
Else
RichText1.SelStart = Location
RichText1.SelLength = Len(SearchFor$)
RichText1.SelColor = &H00FFFFFF&
End If


This code sample will find the word you enter in the InputBox and make it white. If the background color of the RichTextbox control is white, the text will be invisible.
This, of course, will only change the first instance of the word. You will have to repeat the procedure with a Do While loop.

Likewise, you can delete the word by changing this:

RichText1.SelColor = &H00FFFFFF&

To this:

RichText1.SelText = ""


Hope that helps.

-Zero the Inestimable

[Dim]

Thanx that does help.