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Change Password

Purpose 

Changes the password for the current account.

Format 

Change Password [Old Password: <old password>;
New Password: <new password>; No dialog]

Options 

Click Specify to display the “Change Password” Options dialog box, where you can set the following options.

•	Old Password is the old password for the current account. You can enter literal text or click Specify to generate the password from a calculation.

•	New Password is the new password for the current account. You can enter literal text or click Specify to create a new password from a calculation.

•	Perform without dialog prevents the Change Password dialog box from displaying when the script step executes. When this option is selected, FileMaker Pro uses the literal password information stored with the script step, or generates a new password based on a calculation.

Compatibility 

 

Where the script step runs	Supported
FileMaker Pro	Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script	Partial
FileMaker Go	Yes
Custom Web Publishing	Partial
Instant Web Publishing	Partial
Runtime solution	Yes

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description 

This script step displays the Change Password dialog box, unless Perform without dialog is selected. Change Password allows you to change your password but not your access privileges.

Notes

•	Users must have password change privileges to use this script step to change their passwords. To enable users who do not have password change privileges to run this script step, select Run script with full access privileges.

•	Unless the Set Error Capture script step has enabled error capture, users get five attempts to change their password.

•	If Set Error Capture is on, users get a single attempt to enter their old and new password.

Examples 

The following, used as a startup script with a password-protected database, presents the user with the Change Password dialog box every other time the database is opened (to encourage the user to change his or her password frequently). The gOpenCount field is a global number field that records how many times the database has been opened.

Allow User Abort[Off]
Set Field [Table1::gOpenCount; Table1::gOpenCount + 1]
If [Int(Table1::gOpenCount/2)*2 < > Table1::gOpenCount]
Change Password []
End If

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