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  • Tom Cone Jr
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    Ivan, Alpha calls the tabs at the bottom of the CP window the "window bar". Check "Window Bar" on the "VIEW" menu of the CP to enable.

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  • Gustavo1478
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    See the screen shot, when I use 'it' I was referring to the CP tab at the bottom of the CP window, and for any subsequent open form the tab is missing. CP1.png

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  • Tom Cone Jr
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    Stan, I take your point. I often wish the message board would prevent people from typing the word "it". The writer who types "it" knows what they're talking about, but the rest of us... well... sometimes not so clear. <grin>

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  • Stan Mathews
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    This workspace opens to the control panel so I can get to it but the tab for it is not available.
    Just reading that makes my head hurt.

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  • Al Buchholz
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    Originally posted by Gustavo1478 View Post
    This workspace opens to the control panel so I can get to it but the tab for it is not available.
    Right click on a tab that show and click code (bottom choice)

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  • Gustavo1478
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    Ok, so here is what I did to get around my issue:

    1)Since the "All users share the same account" security option was the only one working I added this as the security setting, logged off and logged back in to ensure that security was set.
    2)Removed the master password.
    3)created a new Blank workspace.
    4)Copied all the workspace files into the new workspace save location (.dbf .ddd .sem .set etc.)
    5)Selected add Table from the 'Tables/Sets' tab on the CP.
    6)Set security to "Each user has their own account"

    This has solved my issue, though I still don't know what caused the original workspace to go haywire.

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  • Gustavo1478
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    I created a new blank workspace and tried to copy the dbf and set files to the new save location (.dbf .ddd .sem .set etc.) , but when i try to add the tables to the workspace it says I can not do this because the tables are secured and bound to another workspace.

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  • Gustavo1478
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    Ive created a button on a form that uses ControlPanel.Show() but the tab for the control panel still does not show. This workspace opens to the control panel so I can get to it but the tab for it is not available.

    Not sure if this is good to note but, I can set a master workspace password ONLY if I select "All users share the same account", but if I select "Each user has their own account" it does not set.

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  • Stan Mathews
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    If one can get to the interactive window or create a button on a form.

    controlpanel.Show()
    controlpanel.Activate()

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  • Ray in Capetown
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    So now I have no security set on this DB and my control panel tab wont show when I do open the work space
    You are currently unable to get the CP which makes it hard to explain how to clear passwords and start again.
    There is no single table that keeps the security information (for obvious reasons it has to be hard to find.) Well there are as I recall but no known way to access.
    First test that I can think of - but only if you can get the CP - is to try zip a single set and see if it gives you the message like "This table is bound to the databse - you must zip the database"
    Someone may know a way of getting to the cp that I don't in this circumstance.

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  • Gustavo1478
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    No, the problem still exists. I'm not sure where to begin to solve this issue...

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  • Ray in Capetown
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    Re: Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    Did you resolve this?

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  • Gustavo1478
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    Unable to set security in Desktop Application

    Hello there,

    I have a Desktop database that runs in native dbf's that had security enabled with two users. I added a third user through the default administrator account, but when I logged off and logged back in, my security settings had completely gone away, there was no prompt for credentials. So now I have no security set on this DB and my control panel tab wont show when I do open the work space. I've tried to set security all over again, I go through all the steps and it looks as though its secured but when I log off and log back in I still get no prompt for credentials and the option to set security is available as if it is not set.

    Has anyone else experienced this issue? How do I correct this? I've tried un-installing and re-installing alpha but still no luck?

    Thanks, Ivan
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