>>>I like the idea of the xp-ish looking password box. Another idea I liked very much comes from Lotus Notes, where each keystroke generates 3 asterisks on the password box. Makes it very hard for onlookers to keep track of what you're typing.
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>>I was thinking about that too, except that in my version of Lotus Notes, it's actually random. Might be three on one keystroke, might be 1 or two on the next one. I do like that, but it's a bit problematic in VFP.
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>Hi Alan,
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>It's probably doable if you create your own textbox class.

Yes, but it means capturing the keystrokes into a separate variable and working around non-printables etc. because the textbox value would not be the real password. Doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

>Another option would be to create your own font with a few SINGLE characters that are comprised of images of several characters (i.e. "###", "***", etc.).
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>Then randomly change the password character. I think this would work pretty nicely with vfp.

How easy is it to create a font? I admit I've never looked into that.

Alan