We have a need to store encrypted passwords in config files. The product must have anticipated this need because it provided us with the ability to create a text box with the "Password" property set to "True". The problem is that when the value stored in it is used (in connect strings, registry values, log files and other places), it gets written out as it was typed, for all to see. There should be two ways to have it output: as typed and encrypted (that must have been the intent if "Password" was set to "True").
Someone understood that it was important to shield the value from being seen, but that privacy only lasts for a few seconds, and then the value can be seen by anyone.
Yes, we could write custom code, but this is very basic functionality. And, I've seen that many people have asked for this functionality over the years, so I am not alone.
Many thanks.