Hiding text of a string (like passwords) - not logindlg function

I need to set an "Edit Text" as a password input area, and I want the text entered by users is not visible, but replaced by symbols.

I'd like to have some indication to create my function. I already saw the video by Doug Hull about how to crypt the pwd, but I have to create a function because I already have a gui structure, and I have to set it after

function PWD_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)

Do you have any idea on how to set up work?

Thanks in advance!

[Jan]

Please do not post two questions for one problem. You can edit your original answer to add more information.

See: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/22922-hiding-text-of-a-string-like-passwords

Answer 1

[Jan]

Have you searched in this forum and found this:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/20400-encryption-of-password

? I assume one of these submissions contains enough useful code to be copied to your project.

[Jethro]

Thanks for your indications... I didn't get the result I wanted, but characters are hiding immediately after typing are the best I got! Thank you!

[Walter Roberson]

Then why not edit that code to not display the character in the first place?

[Jethro]

I tried but it doesn't work!

[Walter Roberson]

The very first one in Jan's list, "passcode', displays the symbol to a different area than where the text is entered, and thus would never be displaying the character entered.

Answer 2

[Paulo Silva]

See if this passcode by Elmar Tarajan got the code you need [click this text]

Answer 3

[Image Analyst]

Did you see the File Exchange submissions on passwords. Most or all of those have a function that pops up a small gui and asks for, and masks, the username and password. http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?term=password