Call the COMMAND intrinsic with "SET ECHO=ON (OR OFF)"


>>> Brian Donaldson <[log in to unmask]> 7/19/2007 6:09 PM >>>
I am trying to figure out how to turn echo on/off in a Cobol program 
that is prompting for passwords.

This is not a Vplus app. I need to user the HP escape sequences so
that the entered values are *not* displaying on the screen.

I was using the escape sequence %33&k1L to turn local echo off
and then %33&k0L to turn it back on.

This escape sequence isn't doing what I was hoping it would do.
Instead of blanking out the entered values it is actually doubling
the character values entered (example: pass=magic is being displayed as
mmaaggiicc)

Plugging in the "SET ECHO=ON/OFF" command is not what I want to do.

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA,
Brian Donaldson.

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