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    95DSM is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Display user input as Asterisk


    The input isn't from a form. Its from some code and modules I created. In my code there is a prompt for user input and it shows the letters being pressed. I have heard there is not a way to disguise these letters using VBA. Everyone suggest using a form, but in this case I cannot use a form. is it possible to code the user input as asterisks or someother symbol?

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    pbaldy is offline Who is John Galt?
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    You're using an InputBox? I would have said you couldn't do it, but I recently read about a method where you could, but it involved a lot of code. I'll dig it up if you need it, but it could be that you can use a form. I often use this to get passwords:

    http://www.baldyweb.com/WrappedForm.htm
    Paul (wino moderator)
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    95DSM is offline Advanced Beginner
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    ....Yeah, I'm just going to leave the text visible. That's way too much typing just for the aesthetics lol. Thanks for the help.

    Oh and sorry. I was using a msgbox, not an input box.

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