Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!mmdf
From: kvancamp@ardec.arpa (Ken Van Camp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  string-gadgets
Message-ID: <6148@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 28 Dec 88 15:26:55 GMT
Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU
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 >I have the problem, that I want to ask the user for a password. This is
 >done with a stringgadget. To keep the password invisible, I tried to 
 >set FgPen= BgPen. But whereever I do that (either in the 
 >Windowstruct, Screenstruct, or their RastPorts)
 >the text is always rendered in color 1. Is this some sort of
 >hardcoded or what have I missed?

Yeah, this is a hard-coded limitation of string gadgets.  I'm afraid the
only thing you can do is redefine your palette -- unfortunately in your
case that'll probably make all your text in the requester invisible, not
just the input line.  Best thing to do is skip the string gadget and
read raw I/O.

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