Using security.checkpassword

Classic Servoy
1

hello all!

I am stuck on using t his function: security.checkPassword. I would like to incorporate it into the onaction of an icon on a form so only authorized individuals can use it. Here is the code sample:

//return true if the password for that userUID is correct, else false
if(security.checkPassword(security.getUserUID(), ‘password1’))
{
security.setPassword(security.getUserUID(), ‘password2’)
}
else
{
application.output(‘wrong password’)
}

What I have done is replaced the getUserUID and pw to:

//return true if the password for that userUID is correct, else false
if(security.checkPassword(security.getUserUID(BOB), ‘1234’))
{
security.setPassword(security.getUserUID(BOB), ‘1234’)
}
else
{
application.output(‘wrong password’)
}

This the error I get…
ReferenceError: “BOB” is not defined. (my_test_pass; line 4)

What am I doing wrong?

2

You get the error because BOB is not enclosed in quotes. If you want to check the password for userid BOB then you should probably do it like this:

//return true if the password for that userUID is correct, else false
if(security.checkPassword(‘BOB’), ‘1234’))
{
// green light to proceed - don’t set the password with a value it already has
}
else
{
application.output(‘wrong password’)
}