Hi,
It's a lot easier to do it with a text box on a userform and set the textbox
passowrd character to mask the input but heres a method to do it with an
input box. The functions go in a general module and the sub at the end can go
in as worksheet code or a module and is provided to show how to call the
code. the original author is credited in the code.
Option Explicit
''/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
''// 25 May 2003 //
''// Amended Ivan F Moala
''// Call with myresponse=InPutBoxPwd(etc
''// from any module
''/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Public Declare Function GetActiveWindow _
Lib "user32" () _
As Long
Public Declare Function FindWindowEx _
Lib "user32" _
Alias "FindWindowExA" ( _
ByVal hWnd1 As Long, _
ByVal hWnd2 As Long, _
ByVal lpsz1 As String, _
ByVal lpsz2 As String) _
As Long
Public Declare Function SendMessage _
Lib "user32" _
Alias "SendMessageA" ( _
ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal wMsg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, _
lParam As Any) _
As Long
Public Declare Function SetTimer _
Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal nIDEvent As Long, _
ByVal uElapse As Long, _
ByVal lpTimerFunc As Long) _
As Long
Public Declare Function KillTimer _
Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal nIDEvent As Long) _
As Long
Public Declare Function GetForegroundWindow _
Lib "user32" () _
As Long
Private Const nIDE As Long = &H100
Private Const EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR = &HCC
Private hdlEditBox As Long
Private Fgrndhdl As Long
Public Function TimerFunc( _
ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal wMsg As Long, _
ByVal nEvent As Long, _
ByVal nSecs As Long) As Long
Dim hdlwndAct As Long
'// Do we have a handle to the EditBox
If hdlEditBox > 0 Then Exit Function
'// Get the handle to the ActiveWindow
hdlwndAct = GetActiveWindow()
'// Get the Editbox handle
hdlEditBox = FindWindowEx(hdlwndAct, 0, "Edit", "")
'// Set the password character for the InputBox
SendMessage hdlEditBox, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, Asc("*"), ByVal 0
End Function
Public Function InPutBoxPwd(fPrompt As String, _
Optional fTitle As String, _
Optional fDefault As String, _
Optional fXpos As Long, _
Optional fYpos As Long, _
Optional fHelpfile As String, _
Optional fContext As Long) As String
Dim sInput As String
'// Initialize
hdlEditBox = 0
Fgrndhdl = GetForegroundWindow
'// Windows-Timer
SetTimer Fgrndhdl, nIDE, 100, AddressOf TimerFunc
'// Main InputBox
If fXpos Then
sInput = InputBox(fPrompt, fTitle, fDefault, fXpos, fYpos,
fHelpfile, fContext)
Else
sInput = InputBox(fPrompt, fTitle, fDefault, , , fHelpfile, fContext)
End If
'// Kill the correct Timer
KillTimer Fgrndhdl, nIDE
'// Pass result
InPutBoxPwd = sInput
End Function
'////////////////////////////////////////////////////
'// This is The main routine
'// where we test it
'////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Sub GetPassWord()
Dim x As String
x = InPutBoxPwd("Please enter password", "Sentry")
If x = vbNullString Then
MsgBox "User Cancelled"
Else
MsgBox "User entered " & x
End If
End Sub
