Update: 2005/12/21
If you are using ActivePerl 5.8.x, type the following command.
> ppm install http://homepage3.nifty.com/k-takata/mysoft/Term-ReadPassword-Win32.ppd
You can update the ActivePerl document using the following command after you install this module.
> perl -MActivePerl::DocTools -e UpdateHTML
NAME
Term::ReadPassword::Win32 - Asking the user for a password (for Win32)
SYNOPSIS
use Term::ReadPassword::Win32;
while (1) {
my $password = read_password('password: ');
redo unless defined $password;
if ($password eq 'flubber') {
print "Access granted.\n";
last;
} else {
print "Access denied.\n";
redo;
}
}
DESCRIPTION
This module lets you ask the user for a password from the keyboard just
as Term::ReadPassword.
Using Term::ReadPassword is a good way to make password prompts, but it
doesn't work with ActivePerl under Windows. So I wrote this module.
You can use this module under Windows or Unix. If you use this under
Windows, Win32::* modules are required. If you use this under Unix, this
acts as a wrapper to Term::ReadPassword.
The Term::ReadPassword::Win32::read_password function is almost same as
Term::ReadPassword::read_password function.
The first and second parameters are just same. The first one is a prompt
message, and the second one is timeout value.
The third parameter is different from Term::ReadPassword::read_password.
If the third parameter is 0, Ctrl+C will be entered into the input
buffer just as any other character.
If the third parameter is 1, the input operation is terminated when the
user types Ctrl+C or Esc.
If the third parameter is 2, the input operation is terminated when the
user types Esc. If the user types Ctrl+C, the program may be terminated.
If the user types Ctrl+U, the input buffer will be cleared.
BUG
Multibyte characters are not treated properly. (When you want to delete
a multibyte character, you must type BackSpace more than once.)
SEE ALSO
Term::ReadPassword, Term::Getch
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005 Ken Takata <kentkt@anet.ne.jp>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
DOWNLOAD
You can download the latest version from http://webs.to/ken/ (Japanese
page)