Password for the ACCESS database

This page shows the procedure to keep a SPRING database protected when using the ACCESS database manager. The options are:


How to create a Database

See also:
How to To Load or Unload a Project.
What is an Information Layer in SPRING and how to create one ?
How to define a Data Model in SPRING


How to Define a Password

When the user wants to create a database in SPRING using the ACCESS database manager the "Define Access Password" window is presented. See how to proceed:

Defining a PASSWORD for the ACCESS manager:

  • click on YES to the "Do you want to define a password to database?" question, and, in this case the "Define Access Password" window will be presented;
  • type in the Password field the value with at most 8 characters;
  • type the same value in the Confirm Password: field;
  • click in Apply to create a database. Notice that the name goes to the available database list.

IMPORTANT: The SPRING does not have resources to find a password if the user forgets it. It has to be done using the Access database manager.

Password for Access Database

Activate a Database Password

After selecting and activating a database which was created with a password, the password will be asked. See how to proceed:

Activating a Database with a Password:

  • after clicking on Load in the "Databases" window the "Set Access Password" window is presented. Notice that the selected database name to be loaded shows up in the corresponding field;
  • type in the Password field, the password value;
  • click on Apply to load the database.

 

Password for Access Database

Changing the Password

A password for the ACCESS database manager can only be changed if the database is active. Thus, load the database first. See the how to do it:

Defining a PASSWORD for the Access Database Manager:

  • click on File - Database... in the main menu or on in the tools bar, in case it is not opened;
  • notice that the active database appears in the list. Click on Change Password.... The "Change Access Password" window will be presented;
  • type in the Current Password: field the current password value;
  • type in the New Password: field the new password value;
  • type the new password value again in the Retype Password: field;
  • click on Apply to change the active database password. Only the next time that the database is loaded the new password will be asked.

IMPORTANT: The SPRING does not have resources to find the password if the user forgets it. This has to be done using the Access database manager.

Password for Access Database