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- From: bob@worms-emh2.army.mil (Bob Kane)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix
- Subject: Re: Entering "invisible" data in a form
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 12:18:13 -0500
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- >
- >I couldn't think of a better way to phase this. I have a form that
- >is basically an opening screen that asks for Employee Id and password.
- >
- >In 4gl 4.0 how do I make it so the user DOESN'T see what they type as the enter
- >their password. I like to be able to do it in the form.
- >
- >I try setting color attribute = invisible. I think I am may be confused as
- >to what that attribute does. What does invisible mean? It is available
- >attribute for display and prompt.
- >
- > Thanks,
- > Ceci
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-
- The invisible attribute is the color black. This will work if the background
- color of your screen is black. You can also use attributes with INPUT. If
- you set the INPUT attribute to the same color as your screen background, it
- will not show any characters typed. If you are working with color terminals,
- make sure that the color scheme that you pick will work the same way if the
- user has a monochrome terminal. There is a comparison of monochrome to color
- attributes in each section of the 4GL reference manual that explains a command
- having the attribute option. I will list it below for your benefit:
-
- WHITE = NORMAL REVERSE
- YELLOW = BOLD BLINK
- MAGENTA = BOLD UNDERLINE
- RED = BOLD
- CYAN = DIM
- GREEN = DIM
- BLUE = DIM
- BLACK = INVISIBLE
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