This message is sent by an application to retrieve the password character displayed in an edit control when the user enters text. This message has no parameters.
At a Glance
| Header file: | Winuser.h |
| Windows CE versions: | 1.0 and later |
Syntax
EM_GETPASSWORDCHAR; wParam = 0; lParam = 0;
Return Values
The return value specifies the character to be displayed in place of the character typed by the user. NULL indicates that 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 (*).