Specifies the character used to mask the characters entered in the component.
Declaration
componentPropObj.PasswordChar
| Read-Write Property | String |
| componentPropObj | One of the objects listed in the Applies To section |
Applies To
This property applies to the following objects:
TcxButtonEditProperties, TcxCurrencyEditProperties, TcxDateEditProperties, TcxTextEditProperties
Description
The PasswordChar property lets you get or set the character used to mask the text entered in the component. This property has effect only if the EchoMode property is “eemPassword”.
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The PasswordChar property only affects how the text is displayed. The actual value of the Text property is not modified. |
Property Value
A one-symbol string which contains the masking character. If PasswordChar holds a null character (the character with the zero decimal code -- #0 in DelphiScript, Chr (0) in VBScript, "\0" in JavaScript, JScript, Python, C++Script and C#Script), then the component uses the default masking character, usually "*".

