A 17 digit password

[Bruce]

I need to employ a 17 digit password. Not 16 nor 18 but it must be 17. If the end user does any more or any less it kicks them off the cd.

[Bruce]

Re: A 17 digit password

B.T.W. The password can be any 17 digits (LOL don't ask) they just need to be digits! Again the end user doesn't know this.

[AGRO]

Re: A 17 digit password

You could do this with Flash MX if you can not think of anything else.....

[Corey]

Re: A 17 digit password

1. If you use some letters instead of numbers you would increase the security a lot. Alpha numeric is usually the way to go for passwords. If you use upper and lower case too you will again increase the security quite a bit. So the best is a 17 character password made up of numbers, upper case letters, and lower case letters. That being said it's going to be a drag for your users to deal with a 17 character password.

2. What is it you are asking?

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Bruce]

Re: A 17 digit password

LOL... Just like I said before... this is only a facade. They need only to type in 17 characters, no less, no more. It could be anything it doesn't matter. The end user will be entering a Paypall confirmation number (which is 17 characters).

[Corey]

Re: A 17 digit password

OK so what, specifically, is it you need oh dancing banana?

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[AGRO]

Re: A 17 digit password

Bruce, what is the chance of hearing the tunes that go with the banana?

[Bruce]

Re: A 17 digit password

LOL!! I need a password box that allows only 17 characters, no more, no less to be typed into it. It could be anything it doesn't matter

[Bruce]

Re: A 17 digit password

LOL Someone told me where the Dancing Banana site was but I cant remember now!

[Corey]

Re: A 17 digit password

That sounds like something the dancing banana would say... Ironic.

AGRO if you want to hear what the dancing banana would sound like if it were a person/puppet download the "Special Ed" segment from the Crank Yankers show. You'll laugh, I guarantee it. Third from the bottom here:http://www.comcentral.com/tv_shows/c...ownloads.jhtml

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Bruce]

Re: A 17 digit password

OK.... back to:
"I need to employ a 17 digit password. Not 16 nor 18 but it must be 17. If the end user does any more or any less it kicks them off the cd."

[Corey]

Re: A 17 digit password

1. Create an edit field.

2. In it's properties dialog check, "Use input mask".

3. Put "#################" in the input mask field.

4. Put on an Elvis 45 and have a mai-tai by the pool as you ruminate on the nature of success and wait for the paypal people to come crawling in on their hands and knees.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Bruce]

Re: A 17 digit password

Well that would seem easy enough. But... They should be able to type in letters (there are letters in a Paypall conformation #), LOL and this should include the ole three tries and your out.

[Corey]

Re: A 17 digit password

Then just use AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA instead as it says here http://www.autoplaystudio.com/webhel...ttings_tab.htm

As to the three strikes thing when you check the value of your editfield for a match simply log errors to a variable, i.e. something like %failedAttempts%. Then simply have an action on your page which checks %failedAttempts% onPageLoad and ejects if it's value is over 2 or whatever...

If you want that failure/ejection to be persistent then log it to a registry entry instead of a variable.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software