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    | ...show password characters in a InputBox? |   
    | Autor: 
      Thomas Stutz |  | [ Print tip 
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constInputBoxMessage = WM_USER + 200;
 
 type
 TForm1 = class(TForm)
 Button1: TButton;
 procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
 private
 procedure InputBoxSetPasswordChar(var Msg: TMessage); message InputBoxMessage;
 public
 end;
 
 var
 Form1: TForm1;
 
 implementation
 
 {$R *.DFM}
 
 procedure TForm1.InputBoxSetPasswordChar(var Msg: TMessage);
 var
 hInputForm, hEdit, hButton: HWND;
 begin
 hInputForm := Screen.Forms[0].Handle;
 if (hInputForm <> 0) then
 begin
 hEdit := FindWindowEx(hInputForm, 0, 'TEdit', nil);
 {
 // Change button text:
 hButton := FindWindowEx(hInputForm, 0, 'TButton', nil);
 SendMessage(hButton, WM_SETTEXT, 0, Integer(PChar('Cancel')));
 }
 SendMessage(hEdit, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, Ord('*'), 0);
 end;
 end;
 
 procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
 var
 InputString: string;
 begin
 PostMessage(Handle, InputBoxMessage, 0, 0);
 InputString := InputBox('Input Box', 'Please Enter a Password', '');
 end;
 
 
 
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