How do i set up a password textbox?

[Melissa Avina]

I want to set up a password textbox, in order to secure personal documents. But once the password is in and I click button 1, it will not take me to screen 2 which holds the documents. Can anyone help please?

[Enis]

You need to use the Open Another Screen block from the Control Drawer, and once your password is verified, open the other screen.  You'll need to add a text block with the name of the screen to open.

[Melissa Avina]

That is what I am trying to do, but I don't know how to arrange the blocks

[Taifun]

It would really help if you provided a screenshot of your relevant blocks, so we can see what you are trying to do, and where the problem may be.

Taifun

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[Melissa Avina]

This is what I have so far

[Enis]

I have NO idea what you're doing there.  If true?  If WHAT'S true?

Take out that close screen.  You use that in the screen you've opened when you want to close it.

Screen1 never closes until the end.

Use a password textbox.
Get the value.
Verify the value.
If the value is good, then open the screen.
Once the screen's open, do whatever you need to do there.
Then, in that opened screen, close it.
You need something to compare the password to.  You'll probably have to save that in a TinyDB or on the web using a TinyWebDB.

Is this a school project?

[Melissa Avina]

yah it is for a school project, i will try it and see what happens, thanks

[Melissa Avina]

Now what do I do?

[Enis]

When is your project due?

[Melissa Avina]

not till next week, but I just need to get the password component down in order to complete the programming portion

[Enis]

A box for entering passwords. This is the same as the ordinary TextBox component except this does not display the characters typed by the user.

The value of the text in the box can be found or set through the Text property. If blank, the Hint property, which appears as faint text in the box, can provide the user with guidance as to what to type.

Text boxes are usually used with the Button component, with the user clicking on the button when text entry is complete.

Then, you check the textbox's value to something that will allow you to verify if it's correct.

If it's correct, open the other screen.  If not correct, put up a notifier message to try again.

I'm NOT going to do your schoolwork for you. 

Have you done the tutorials?  You can easily research everything on the site.  If you haven't done the tutorials, then you haven't done your homework.  If your school project is to do the programming portion of the password textbox, start by doing the tutorials, and then search the site for the answers.

You are working with a textbox, but one that just doesn't show the characters as they're typed.

[Melissa Avina]

Thank you

[Taifun]

@Enis: in the first screenshot Melissa used the famous "Tribblehunter method", see here for how that works http://puravidaapps.com/tribblehunter.php

Taifun

[Enis]

Thanks Taifun...