How to Convert Text Content of TextBox into Asterisk ( * ) in VB6

This sample tutorial will demonstrate to you on how to change or convert the text
content of a text box control in VB6 on a special character like Asterisk(*) or any
special character you want to, this is method will commonly used on hiding the cha-
racter for confidential purposes, like user's Password for any computer's System,
there are two(2) ways on how to do it, the steps are shown below:,

1.) First way and without doing any codes, just go to Text box Property and find
     Passwordchar at the Properties pane, then put a (*) on it or any character you
     want like shown on the image below

2.) the second way on how to do that in a simple code is look like this

              Text1.PasswordChar = "*"

    for this code to take effect when you press (f5) or run you system just put it
    on the Form_Load() event of a form, and it will look like at the image below

  

















Hope this will Help.....................
Happy Coding  ....................
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Tags: Vb6 Controls, Visual Basic 6.0