Encrypted input from user

[gopal]

Hi,

I am developing a console application and i would like to get userinput
for

Database User & Password.

The Password should be input as **********

Please can some help me out on this?

Thanks & Regards
JP

 

[Guest]

Heres a simple way of doing it:

static string ReadLineButStarInput()
{
byte star = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("*")[0];
ConsoleKeyInfo key = Console.ReadKey();
string input = "";

while (key.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter)
{
input += key.KeyChar;

Console.CursorLeft -= 1;
Console.OpenStandardOutput().WriteByte(star);
key = Console.ReadKey();

}
return input;

}

HTH


Ciaran O'Donnell