Matching active account password

[Wikisnoodle]

Hi

I have set up a custom dialogue box with a bulleted field to take a user's password (to allow viewing of a form). I can use the Exact script step to match the field's content to another field, but can I use it to match to the active account password? And, if so, how?

(Ever grateful for the help gained in these forums!)

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can I use it to match to the active account password?

No, you can't. If you want the user to confirm their identity, use the Re-Login[] script step.

[Wikisnoodle]

Thought that might be the case. Pity! Thanks for the swift response.

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Why pity? It comes down to the same thing, in terms of functionality.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Hi

I have set up a custom dialogue box with a bulleted field to take a user's password (to allow viewing of a form). I can use the Exact script step to match the field's content to another field, but can I use it to match to the active account password? And, if so, how?

Of course not, since the password is not stored in the FileMaker file itself. And I am not quite sure how a ReLog accomplishes this either. The ReLog either succeeds or fails. So, do you trap for the failure error, or do you rely on the state of the login?

Steven

[comment]

So, do you trap for the failure error, or do you rely on the state of the login?

In the situation described, you'd trap for error, I presume.