setpassword

Adds or Overwrites a password. (version 4.75 or later)

Format

setpassword <filename> <password name> <password>

Parameters

string <filename>

Password file name.

string <password name>

Password identifier.

string <password>

Password to be saved.

Return Value

System variable <result>

When the password file can not be written, it is set to 0.
Otherwise, it is set to 1.

Remarks

A password identified by <password name> from the password file <filename> is updated.
<password> is encrypted and stored into the file.

If the specified file does not exist, it is newly created.

A password file can contain multiple passwords.
Each of them is identified by the password identifier.

Example

newpasswd = 'bar'
setpassword 'password.dat' 'foo' newpasswd
if result then
  messagebox 'Password updated successfully.' 'Result'
endif

See also

• getpassword
• ispassword
• delpassword