Toolbar password help needed

[Tom Patten]

Hi,

I have a toolbar that I added a button to open another toolbar. I wish to password protect this button.

So I added the button, and put this code in the Xbasic window:

'password tmp
tbar = Toolbar.open("tmp_toolbar")

The button works and opens the right toolbar, but I am not prompted for a password.

Suggestions.

Tom

[csda1]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Tom,

I know the answer.

Just open up your online copy of the Xbasic Reference manual (the adobe pdf format is better for this purpose) and search for the keyword password (not just the 1st one - all of them until you find what you want). If you haven't learned how to do this, it's high time you do.

All people should search the online (not paper manual as you will often miss something - unless you are Rainman) and then follow that with a search of the message board. Either or both will often answer your question in short order.

If you have a question after doing this, then post that question.

Regards,

Ira J. Perlow
Computer Systems Design & Associates
[email protected]

[Tom Patten]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Ira,

Are you assuming I didn't do that? A false assumption, but I won't criticize you for that. Anyone can make a mistake.

Anyway, I keep finding the format, as you left in message 36445,

'Password Foo

But that doesn't work with toolbars, or seem it seems in my example.

I'd appreciate any constructive comments you might have.

Tom

[csda1]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Tom,

That message you reference says it is for protecting the A5 Documentor (or anyone from reading your scripts). It does not say anything about protecting them from running it.

A quick search of the Xbasic manual shows all of the following;

Table of Contents
=================
Password Protecting Your Scripts........................ 45
ui_get_password() ..................................... 259

Looking up in the index also shows the references to password (even without doing a search).

In addition, page 75-76, 247, 352-353, and in the index Pages 494, 496 and 498 also reference and show code with the keyword password.

Several of those pages show an appropriate technique.

Regards,

Ira J. Perlow
Computer Systems Design & Associates
[email protected]

[Tom Patten]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Ira,

Been there, done that.

This code hasn't worked either.

password = "tmp"
user = ui_get_text("Password","Enter the
password","******","&&&&&&")
IF user = "" THEN
END
END IF
IF user == password THEN
ui_msg_box("Password","Accepted.")
tbar = Toolbar.open("tmp_toolbar")

ELSE
ui_beep()
ui_msg_box("Password", "Password invalid.")
END
END IF

Any other clues in this game since you established in your earlier response that you know the answer, and I'm to figure it out!

Tom

[csda1]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Tom,

Page 260 of the Xbasic Manual show this;


'Prompts the user for a password and beeps if the password
'is incorrect.
'---------------------------------------------------------------
password = "Alpha5"
user = ui_get_password("Password","Enter the password","","&")
IF user = "" THEN
END
END IF
IF user == password THEN
ui_msg_box("Password","Accepted.")
ELSE
ui_beep()
ui_msg_box("Password", "Password invalid.")
END
END IF


Changing it by adding 1 line for your toolbar open works just fine for me. If it doesn't for you, put a debug(1) just prior to the toolbar.open(). If that doesn't work, put the debug at the top and single step through the code.


'Prompts the user for a password and beeps if the password
'is incorrect.
'---------------------------------------------------------------
password = "Alpha5"
user = ui_get_password("Password","Enter the password","","&")
'alternative version
'user = ui_get_text("Password","Enter the password","******","&&&&&&")
IF user = "" THEN
END
END IF
IF user == password THEN
ui_msg_box("Password","Accepted.")
tbar = Toolbar.open("tmp_toolbar")
ELSE
ui_beep()
ui_msg_box("Password", "Password invalid.")
END
END IF


Regards,

Ira J. Perlow
Computer Systems Design & Associates
[email protected]

[JohnZaleski]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Tom,
It looks to me like the final end if isn't needed.
John

[JohnZaleski]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Sorry Tom. Iwas wrong about that.
John

[Tom Patten]

RE: Toolbar password help needed

Thank you Ira and John,

I got it to work.

I had copied this line from p.297 of the A5V3 Reference where the give the example:

tbar = Toolbar.open("My Own Toolbar")

I change it to:
tbar = Toolbar.open("tmp_toolbar")

Now I eliminate the tbar and leave it

Toolbar.open("tmp_toolbar")

And its happy and it work, so I'm happy..

Thanks again