Re: validating hidden fields

[David Belson <dbelson@bbnplanet.com>]

On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Javed Anwar wrote:

> Also, if anyone knows, can I validate a password field? The first time I tried 
> to see if the password field contained numbers I couldn't get it to work since
> the field return *'s as the value. Can anyone tell me if I did something
> wrong or am I missing something obvioius?
> 

No, you can't.  I was trying to do the same thing, and running into 
strange problems.  I posted about it on comp.lang.javascript, and was 
told by someone from Netscape (Frank Hecker?) that JS does not allow you 
do to things with the info in password fields.  <groan>

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