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1198 ActionScript classes
password (TextField.password property)
public password : Boolean
Specifies whether the text field is a password text field. If the value of password is true, the
text field is a password text field and hides the input characters using asterisks instead of the
actual characters. If
false, the text field is not a password text field. When password mode is
enabled, the Cut and Copy commands and their corresponding keyboard accelerators will not
function. This security mechanism prevents an unscrupulous user from using the shortcuts to
discover a password on an unattended computer.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
The following example creates two text fields:
username_txt and password_txt. Text is
entered into both text fields; however,
password_txt has the password property set to true.
Therefore, the characters display as asterisks instead of as characters in the
password_txt
field.
this.createTextField("username_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10,
100, 22);
username_txt.border = true;
username_txt.type = "input";
username_txt.maxChars = 16;
username_txt.text = "hello";
this.createTextField("password_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 40,
100, 22);
password_txt.border = true;
password_txt.type = "input";
password_txt.maxChars = 16;
password_txt.password = true;
password_txt.text = "world";
The MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method used in this example requires Flash Player
7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components
DepthManager class instead of the
MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method.