Input box

[Chas17]

Is it possible to set an input box to display only password characters when typed in, such as the asterik?

I know a text box on a form has a property for this, just wondering if Inputbox can be set this way?

Chas

 

[Corticus]

From the masters themselves:

http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0020.htm

(Q) How can I assign a Password mask (****) to an InputBox?

(A) You can't ! Other than calling the InputBox function and getting the values returned by it, you don't have any other control on it.

You'll have to create your own form that mimics the InputBox and apply the Password Mask to a textbox.

 

[Chas17]

Thanks

 

[Norie]

You can't ! Other than calling the InputBox function and getting the values returned by it, you don't have any other control on it.

ASFAIK this isn't quite right.

It is possible to do what you want but it involves using the Windows API and is quite complicated.

Check this link hiding_text_in_a_vba_inputbox

 

[Corticus]

'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
'Password masked inputbox
'Allows you to hide characters entered in a VBA Inputbox.
'
'Code written by Daniel Klann
'http://www.danielklann.com/
'March 2003

'// Kindly permitted to be amended
'// Amended by Ivan F Moala
'// http://www.xcelfiles.com
'// April 2003
'// Works for Xl2000+ due the AddressOf Operator
'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


'API functions to be used
Private Declare Function CallNextHookEx _
    Lib "user32" ( _
    ByVal hHook As Long, _
    ByVal ncode As Long, _
    ByVal wParam As Long, _
    lParam As Any) _
As Long

Private Declare Function GetModuleHandle _
    Lib "kernel32" _
    Alias "GetModuleHandleA" ( _
    ByVal lpModuleName As String) _
As Long

Private Declare Function SetWindowsHookEx _
    Lib "user32" _
    Alias "SetWindowsHookExA" ( _
    ByVal idHook As Long, _
    ByVal lpfn As Long, _
    ByVal hmod As Long, _
    ByVal dwThreadId As Long) _
As Long

Private Declare Function UnhookWindowsHookEx _
    Lib "user32" ( _
    ByVal hHook As Long) _
As Long

Private Declare Function SendDlgItemMessage _
    Lib "user32" Alias "SendDlgItemMessageA" ( _
    ByVal hDlg As Long, _
    ByVal nIDDlgItem As Long, _
    ByVal wMsg As Long, _
    ByVal wParam As Long, _
    ByVal lParam As Long) _
As Long

Private Declare Function GetClassName _
    Lib "user32" _
    Alias "GetClassNameA" ( _
    ByVal hwnd As Long, _
    ByVal lpClassName As String, _
    ByVal nMaxCount As Long) _
As Long

Private Declare Function GetCurrentThreadId _
    Lib "kernel32" () _
As Long

'Constants to be used in our API functions
Private Const EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR = &HCC
Private Const WH_CBT = 5
Private Const HCBT_ACTIVATE = 5
Private Const HC_ACTION = 0

Private hHook As Long

Public Function NewProc(ByVal lngCode As Long, _
                        ByVal wParam As Long, _
                        ByVal lParam As Long) As Long

Dim RetVal
Dim strClassName As String, lngBuffer As Long

If lngCode < HC_ACTION Then
    NewProc = CallNextHookEx(hHook, lngCode, wParam, lParam)
    Exit Function
End If

strClassName = String$(256, " ")
lngBuffer = 255

If lngCode = HCBT_ACTIVATE Then    'A window has been activated
    RetVal = GetClassName(wParam, strClassName, lngBuffer)
    If Left$(strClassName, RetVal) = "#32770" Then  'Class name of the Inputbox
        'This changes the edit control so that it display the password character *.
        'You can change the Asc("*") as you please.
        SendDlgItemMessage wParam, &H1324, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, Asc("*"), &H0
    End If
End If
    
'This line will ensure that any other hooks that may be in place are
'called correctly.
CallNextHookEx hHook, lngCode, wParam, lParam

End Function

'// Make it public = avail to ALL Modules
'// Lets simulate the VBA Input Function
Public Function InputBoxDK(Prompt As String, Optional Title As String, _
            Optional Default As String, _
            Optional Xpos As Long, _
            Optional Ypos As Long, _
            Optional Helpfile As String, _
            Optional Context As Long) As String
    
Dim lngModHwnd As Long, lngThreadID As Long
    
'// Lets handle any Errors JIC! due to HookProc> App hang!
On Error GoTo ExitProperly
lngThreadID = GetCurrentThreadId
lngModHwnd = GetModuleHandle(vbNullString)
    
hHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CBT, AddressOf NewProc, lngModHwnd, lngThreadID)
If Xpos Then
    InputBoxDK = InputBox(Prompt, Title, Default, Xpos, Ypos, Helpfile, Context)
Else
    InputBoxDK = InputBox(Prompt, Title, Default, , , Helpfile, Context)
End If

ExitProperly:
UnhookWindowsHookEx hHook

End Function

Sub TestDKInputBox()
Dim x

x = InputBoxDK("Type your password here.", "Password Required")
If x = "" Then End
If x <> "yourpassword" Then
    MsgBox "You didn't enter a correct password."
    End
End If

MsgBox "Welcome Creator!", vbExclamation
    
End Sub