Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!tj@cs.ucla.edu
From: tj@cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Password Dialogs--what is the best way to do them?
Message-ID: <36805@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Date: 6 Jul 90 23:24:11 GMT
Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Lines: 21

I am trying to implement a password dialog box--something along the
lines of that used by AppleShare.  The dialog box has two text edit
items, one for the user name, and one for the password--I would like
to hide the password from the observer (replace it with apples or bullets).
I suppose that what I have to do is create a filter proc for the dialog,
intercept, KeyDown and AutoKey events, stuff the value into a buffer,
and replace the theEvent->message with the character of my choice.
My big question is:  How do I know when the user is entering text into
the Password text edit item (as opposed to the UserName item)?  The event
record gives me no indication of which item is selected (or does it?), 
the itemHit variable doesn't tell me, and I don't where to find out.

Any ideas?  Surely somebody else out there has done this already and can
offer me some tips, ideas, or source code.  

Thanks-
  Tom
--
Tom Johnson      UCLA Computer Science Department 
			3413 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles CA 90024 (213)825-6952
			Internet:  tj@cs.ucla.edu