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sitasrikanth
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12 years ago
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How to Read the Password text from EditBox

Hi, I have a password box where Test complete is recognised as Edit in WndClass,  With SetText method, i am able to enter the text in password box correctly.  Can someone help me on how to re...
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    TanyaYatskovska
    12 years ago

    Hi Srikanth,


     


    In most cases, there is no way to retrieve a secure password from the control with TestComplete since the control does not allow doing this. However, some edit controls allow doing this. See the "wPasswordChar Property (Edit Controls)" article to try it.


     

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sitasrikanth
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12 years ago
Text Property is not available and it has Wtext Property but it has value as below -

W Text = "Error: Error

Failed to retrieve text from the edit box. The edit box has the ES_PASSWORD style."