Re: My own LOGON in Forms 4.5

??? The third parameter to the LOGON call allows you to specify whether you want the
default logon screen to be displayed. That parameter takes a boolean value of TRUE or FALSE.

stesson wrote in article <6128gc$fnn_at_drn.zippo.com>...
>
> I'm building my own login-system and I use a "init-user" (and password)
 to
> login to the first screen. I do this because I want to force the users to
> change their password in given intervals and this is managed by the
> "init-user" (there are other reasons also to handle my own logins but
 that
> is not described here).
>
> This is the procedure:
>
> 1. Login as "init-user" and enter the first (login-) form: f45run32.exe
 <form>
> <init-user>
> 2. Show the logon-window (my own) where the user enters his system
> username/password
> 3. The "init-user" checks in a table if the user should change his
 password
> this time e t c
> 4. If everything is ok then logout the init-user and try to logon on with
> the given system username/password.
>
> Now, the problem: If the user enters the WRONG system password then I do
> not know this until after trying to logon (CONNECT failes). I have to try
> calling LOGON and then handle the error. The problem is that Forms shows
> the Forms Login Screen if logon failes and I do not want that. So, I
 tried
> to put code in the ON-LOGON-trigger but then I get problem since this
> replaces the original login procedure (the init-user login also).
>
> Has anyone done this ?
>
> /Stefan
> email: nil_at_exallon.se
>
Received on Fri Oct 03 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST