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 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)