🚀 go-pugleaf

>>   I'm trying to make the text input for the password invisible,
>>   as it's supposed to be when you're logging on.  Tried putting a white
>>   box on top of it - didn't work; the input box apparently has a higher
>>   priority.  Then tried pushing it off screen - didn't work either, the
>>   box stopped at the border.  I tried reducing the box to nothing, and then
>>   the program won't let me input more than one character.
>>
>>> Another option is to chose an exotic font (dingbats), and set the user
>>> entry text to that font. Include it in the file when packaging.
>
>>> Alternatively, you might create a font with only bullets ?
>
>How about a font with only spaces, or even zero width characters? This font
>could be included in the file with ResEdit or Font-DA Mover and would only be
>available when your file was open, avoiding an installation headache.


I see two problem with exotic font solutions to this problem... 1)
including fonts in the package bulks up the file for minimal utility; and
2) if you don't include the fonts, what if the person removes the font from
the System Folder?  If a real password system relies on an exotic font, it
will fail very quickly.

Here are the instructions for changing the font's color to match the
background color; it works in APM and might work for APW... run the program
to the password entry point.  Pause.  Don't click on anything.  Instead,
open the Color palette.  At this point, my color palette says "Text".  Set
the color to the same as the background.  Select Proceed.  As you type in
the password, it should blend in with the background.

--Michael

Michael Leahy
Programmer/Analyst         703-231-3272
Educational Technologies, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0232     USA