Dialog input field format

Classic Servoy
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Is there any way to format the input box to display password masking.

I really am trying to avoid using tabless panels , or creating additional forms.

I am trying to create authorization (validation) for specific methods on forms. I just want a input window to pop up to allow a manager to input there password (which is validated through a global relationship to my employee table)

The form method I am validating in this case is a form in dialog. I have created all the code to accomplish this via a showformindialog, but loosing the form behind the validation form (while entering the password), is really deceiving and does not flow.

I also tried the tabless panel that becomes visible to open the validation form, but then I have to do all the visible coding do all the fields (behind the tabless panel) , methods etc. Plus it seems that a window shouold pop out at you adding some dimension to the interface.

The last thing I tried was using a dialog box, everything work great, but I need to format the dialog input field as a password.

If this is not possible, maybe there is another way to accomplish this.

Thanks,
Erich

2

Formatting the input field of the existing InputDialog is not an option.

The Dialog plugin comes with it’s source, so, you could build it in, if you want.

If you do not want to go that way, I would suggest making 1 new form, with the input field(s) that you need, including it’s formatting and show that field in a dialog with showFormInDialog

Paul

3

Password formatting… ummm… set the “displayType” property of the field to “PASSWORD”.

:D

4

Bob,
I was refering to formatting the Dialog Input Field, not a standard form field.

5

AH! Right - sorry. None that I know of. Hey, you can always modify the dialog plug-in or write your own to do that.