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Hi All

I want to send password with hide text, I use :

ControlSend,Edit1,MyPassword,Untitled - Notepad

I want to hide the Text that I send like:

Control, Style,-0x20,

Any idea?

Sorry, but I don't understand what you want to do exactly. Is Notepad just an example? Are you targetting some other control in an application?
Also I don't understand what the Control Style, -0x20 is supposed to do, pure numbers are not very expressive...

ES_PASSWORD is 0x20

Do you want to flag notepad's edit control with with +0x20 so that the entire text is asterisked ?

Hi

I don't mean notepad , I took notepad has example, I have software that have Edit1 with password that show up to users, I want to mask this password.

I use controlsend to send the password, is there way to make it mask?

Thanx
drcode

Thanks Skan, I missed it as there are numerous styles starting with 0x20, that's why I complained.
If you want to set this style, use +0x20, not -0x20

I tried:
but it doesn't work (I see 'foo'), it might be a style needing to be set before creating the control. Maybe for security reasons, it might be annoying to be able to remove this style...

it dosnt work , is there other idea?

Thanx
DrCode

That's what I wrote...
Another idea is to hide the control (Control Hide) or to mask it with a little GUI.

Sure.

1) Run Autohotkey help and select the Index tab.
2) Run the following code





PS: This looks like a candidate for my TipsNTricks

It can be done: http://www.nirsoft.net/vb/passrev.html

It doesn't work for me, neither your code (with Edit1, Search tab, or Edit2, Index tab) nor the simplified:
For some reason, on my system (WinXP Pro SP2), I get a FAIL on SendMessage. In your code, the cHwnd looks OK.

Oh! I will check it in XP and post again.

Not really, ie. it doesn't change the style but it resets the password char.

The following works for me in Win XP SP2



The only change in code is Edit2 for Index which was Edit1 for me in Win 2000.

After running the code, minimize and maximize the CHM once.
I guess there must be drawing problems.

That's what I tried, and even with your hidding trick, it doesn't work (FAIL on SendMessage). Note that's what is done in the link you gave: the InvalidateRect refreshes the control.
Did you tried with a SP2 XP? It might be a new security thingy.

The system properties read as:

Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2



Can anybody else confirm whether this stuff works ( or does not work ) in XP ?