Is there a method to hide the keystrokes returned to @promptForuserinput?

I find that @promptForuserinput  is a quick little method to give temporary access to an authorized person before the implementation of user and group security management during creation and early testing of an application. And even after adding security it is an easy method to temporarily do an advanced feature without having to log out the current user and re-log in as with the correct permissions. An example would be

var Vanswer as String

     Vanswer = @promptForuserinput("Enter Code to unlock;","")

           If Vanswer = "APE" Then

     {
           Notreadonly()
     }

           Else

     {
           @Msgbox("You Need Help to use this feature","Please ask Mike Morgan","")
      }

The problem is everyone sees what is typed. I tried using @msgbox  to tell the user to type a  password and then used @getfromkeyboard to capture and then manipulated the data but the process was way to cumbersome.  

Any thoughts?


Thanks.

Ray thanks for the suggestion and help. I always know I can count on you!

I have used that technique with a command button. When the command button is clicked it runs a makeinvisible() subroutine that makes everything invisible except for the text element and a static text directions element it uses Xpos() and Ypos() to center the elements and then throwsfocus to the text element.

It works, Its just not as elegant as the @PromptForUserInput method would be.

Luckily Sesame with Sbasic gives me many options to choose from to accomplish my goals so I will just happily use 1 of the many other methods available to me.

Thanks