[JerryTyrrell290]

So Im trying to write this thing. I have a few lines of code that look like this:

     char a [30];                                   // User Input (password)
     char b [30] = "password";                      // Actual password
     cout << "Enter Password to close program: ";
     cin.getline (closea,30);                       // Gets User Input (password)
     if (strcmp (closea,closeb) == 0)               // Compares the two strings
     {
          etc...                                    // Does the stuff
     }

"b" is supposed to be a password, currently set to password. I was wondering if anyone knows a way to get tha characters to show up as "*" when they are typed instead of letters? Its not necessary, but it would be nice to have it that way, for secrecy purposes.

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I have another quickie. Is there any way to get a program to send an e-mail. Any insite into this subject would be greatly appreciated.

[Alex81388]

First of all, what do you mean by an e-main? Am i completely missing the termanology or what?


The best chance you have to display the * is to quickly move over the curser to the last position while saving the last digit typed, and replacing that last digit with an *.

Thats the best I can think of, unless you plan on reading each char seperatly?

[JerryTyrrell290]

Sorry, I meant to say "e-mail"

and how would I go about doing the thing where I read each char seperately? Could you give me a quick example? Thanks