Password (Property)

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Password (Property)

In french: Password

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The Password property can be used:

on the edit controls (or on the text table columns).
In this case, Password is used you to:
- find out whether an edit control is a "Password" control
- modify (if necessary) the password type of an edit control.
The "Password" option allows the user to type a text without this text being visible on the screen: all the characters typed are replaced with stars ("*").
Remark: The "Password" type is an option that applies to the edit controls. This option is available in the "General" tab of the control description.
on the connections (HFSQL Client/Server, OLE DB, etc.).
In this case, the Password property sets the password of the user using the connection. In this case, if the connection is currently opened, it will be closed and re-opened with the new parameters during the first access to a file that uses this connection.
Remark: The connection can correspond to:
- a connection described in the data model editor.
- a connection defined with HConnect, HDescribeConnection or HOpenConnection.
- a connection defined with a variable of type Connection.

Example

// Is the "EDT_BankAccount" control a "Password" control?
ResPassword = EDT_BankAccount.Password

MyConnection is Connection
// Describe the connection
MyConnection.User = "USER"
MyConnection.Password = "PASSWORD"
MyConnection.Server = "MYSERVER"
MyConnection.Database = "Database"
MyConnection.Provider = hAccessHFClientServer
MyConnection.Access = hOReadWrite
MyConnection.ExtendedInfo = "Extended information"
MyConnection.CursorOptions = hClientCursor
HOpenConnection(MyConnection)

Syntax

Finding out whether an edit control is a "Password" control Hide the details

<Result> = <Edit control>.Password

<Result>: Boolean

True if the specified control is a "Password" control,
False otherwise.

<Edit control>: Control name

Name of the edit control (or name of the Table column) to use.

Modifying the "Password" type of an edit control Hide the details

<Edit control>.Password = <New type>

<Edit control>: Control name

Name of the edit control (or name of the table column) to use.

<New type>: Boolean

True if the specified control must be a "Password" control,
False otherwise.

Defining the password used during a connection Hide the details

<Connection>.Password = <New password>

<Connection>: Character string

Name of the connection used. This name is defined:
in the data model editor,
with HDescribeConnection or HOpenConnection,
with the Connection type.

<New password>: Character string

Password of the current user that will be used for the specified connection.

Remarks

"Password" option

The "Password" option only affects the display of the control content. The value of the control corresponds to the characters typed by the user (and not to the stars ("*")).

Limitation

The Password property applies only to:

the edit controls.
the text table columns.

The Password property does not apply to text table columns.

Related Examples:

Complete examples (WINDEV): WD Password

[ + ] The WD Password example is a "password chest". It can be used to manage the passwords created when using Internet sites but also passwords created for everyday life (such as PIN numbers, ATM codes, ....).
The security of the data is guaranteed by the use of HFSQL encryption. Therefore, even if the files containing this information happen to be stolen, this information cannot be used without knowing the main password.
The example can also be used to generate very strong passwords.

Cross-platform examples (WINDEV Mobile): WM Password

[ + ] Web sites, bank accounts, ... passwords are everywhere in out life. With WM Password, no need to store all the passwords of your different accounts. The application stores all your passwords in a secure way. WM Password can also generate secure passwords for you.