[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Suppressing character echo while "ask"ing.

sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Greg Anderson) (07/08/89)

I have a hypercard stack that needs to ask the user for his Unix
password.  Currently it simply uses the "ask" command, but this
is not desirable since the password is visible while the user
is typing it.

Does anyone know of an xcmd or xfcn that acts like "ask" but does
not show the characters being typed?  If such a beast does not
exist, I'll write one, but I thought I'd ask first.

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