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:
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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;
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type in the Password
field the value with at most 8 characters;
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type the same value in the Confirm Password:
field;
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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:
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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;
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type in the Password
field, the password value;
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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:
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click on File - Database...
in the main menu or on
in the tools bar, in case it is not opened;
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notice that the active database appears in the list. Click on Change Password....
The "Change Access Password"
window will be presented;
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type in the Current Password:
field the current password value;
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type in the New Password:
field the new password value;
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type the new password value again in the Retype Password:
field;
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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
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