EM_GETPASSWORDCHAR  128T0H8 

An application sends an EM_GETPASSWORDCHAR message to retrieve the password character displayed in an edit control when the user enters text.

EM_GETPASSWORDCHAR

wParam = 0; // not used; must be zero

lParam = 0; // not used; must be zero

Parameters

This message has no parameters.

Return Values

The return value specifies the character to be displayed in place of the character typed by the user. The return value is NULL if no password character exists.

Remarks

If the edit control is created with the ES_PASSWORD style, the default password character is set to an asterisk (*).

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