standard password mask character?

[Smokey Grindle]

I have a text box on my form which I want masked as a password field, but I
can't figure out what the standard mask character is in windows XP and up...
anyone know what makes those round circles for the mask? thanks!

 

[Arthur Vanderbilt]

Unicode character 0x25CF ...

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/25cf/index.htm

 

[Smokey Grindle]

Thanks!

Unicode character 0x25CF ...

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/25cf/index.htm

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

It's a non-issue though, as you can just set the UseSystemPasswordChar
property to true to have the TextBox use the system password character.

 

[Smokey Grindle]

but when used in a non-textbox, you cant

It's a non-issue though, as you can just set the UseSystemPasswordChar
property to true to have the TextBox use the system password character.


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Thanks!