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expose text in password field textbox?

many moons ago i had a small app that you could drag onto a textbox in an
application or on a website that contained text that was hidden with
asterisks and the underlying text would be revealed. im wondering how this
was done and is it something i can easily duplicate?

Jul 31 '07 #1
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S Moran wrote:
many moons ago i had a small app that you could drag onto a textbox
in an application or on a website that contained text that was hidden
with asterisks and the underlying text would be revealed. im
wondering how this was done and is it something i can easily
duplicate?
That sounds like the hidden text was displayed using a font consisting of an
asterisk for each character, in which case "all" that would be needed would
be to copy the text and display it in a normal font.

Andrew
Aug 1 '07 #2
problem is that you cant copy from a password field. these utilities are
available as freeware but im more interested in HOW theyre doing it

"Andrew Morton" <ak*@in-press.co.uk.inv alidwrote in message
news:et******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP02.phx.gbl...
>S Moran wrote:
>many moons ago i had a small app that you could drag onto a textbox
in an application or on a website that contained text that was hidden
with asterisks and the underlying text would be revealed. im
wondering how this was done and is it something i can easily
duplicate?

That sounds like the hidden text was displayed using a font consisting of
an asterisk for each character, in which case "all" that would be needed
would be to copy the text and display it in a normal font.

Andrew
Aug 1 '07 #3

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