Change Password

This facility allows the user to change the password.  In changing this, the current password is required to be entered.  This is followed by the new password (displayed as asterisks). 

To ensure that the new password has been entered correctly you are asked to re-input so that validation can take place.   

If a password is forgotten it can be reset by an Administrator via File -> System Configuration -> User Security & Options.  This resets the Password to ‘pass’.  The User should call up this screen to change it from the ‘pass’ condition

Entry and Display fields

Username: Display only field showing the name of the current signed-on User

Password: Enter the new password.  It is recommended that this be a combination of alphas (combination of upper and lower case) and numerics.

Verify Password: As you cannot see the previous entry you are asked to input again to validate that the entry is correct.  If both the New and Verify Passwords are the same then the change is accepted.

Buttons

OK:  The program validates that the current password is correct as well as the New and Verify passwords are the same.  If all is correct then the password will be updated.  If any errors are detected then a message will be returned and the program exited.