Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Entering Passwords with the PasswordBox Control

The PasswordBox control is a special text box intended for entering passwords and that automatically hides characters. The following code snippet shows an example:

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<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">    <PasswordBox Name="PasswordBox1" Margin="5"                 Width="150" MaxLength="20"                 PasswordChar="*"/>    <Button Name="PasswordButton" Width="100" Height="30"            Margin="5" Content="Check password"            Click="PasswordButton_Click"/></StackPanel>

By default, characters are hidden with a dot, but you can replace it via the PasswordChar property (optional). The MaxLength property limits the password length (optional). Such control exposes ...