You can set PasswordChar property of the textbox to the character you want user to see, '*' for example.
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>just looking for an easy way of blocking out passwords when entered in a form
>I have used setting the same colour for the forecolour and the backcolour for the
>control, but I would prefer a way whereby the use can seen that they are hitting keys
>without show which key they are pressing
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--sb--