EM_GETPASSWORDCHAR Overview  Group

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 (*).

See Also

EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR