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From: garay@hyper.lap.upenn.edu (John Garay)
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Subject: "Dots will echo:" for passwords...
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Date: 10 Apr 91 05:44:54 GMT
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I'm interested in a procedure in TP which will echo dots to the screen instead
of the actual keys pressed.  In other words, one of the ol'
	'Please type in password (dots will echo):'
types of things.  The form I have now (w/ the password broadcasted on the
screen is: 	clrscr;
		writeln ('Please Type Password:');
		readln (password);

I figure somewhere between the writeln and the readln there's got to be a way
to make dots echo instead of the (secret) password.  Any ideas, anyone?
A little background:  IBM TP3.01 (WAIT!  I'm interested in ideas with any
TP version!).    Thanks much for the help....
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