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<h1>passwordbox</h1>

<p>
Displays a dialog box prompting the user to input a password.
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<pre class="macro-syntax">
passwordbox &lt;message&gt; &lt;title&gt; [&lt;special&gt;]
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<h2>Remarks</h2>

<p>
The &lt;message&gt; is displayed in the dialog box. The &lt;title&gt; is displayed as the dialog box title.
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<p>
The password typed by the user is not displayed as is.<br>
Instead, asterisks are displayed. The password is returned in the system variable "inputstr".
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If &lt;special&gt; is non-zero, following strings in &lt;message&gt; is treated as spacial character.<br>
If &lt;special&gt; is not specified then 1 is used.
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<table>
 <tr>
  <th>input</th>
  <th>output</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>\\</td>
  <td>"\"</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>\n</td>
  <td>line feed</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>\t</td>
  <td>tab</td>
 </tr>
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<h2>Example</h2>

<pre class="macro-example">
passwordbox 'Enter password' 'Login'
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