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Host passwords

When building host Integration Objects with the Host Publisher Studio (Host

Access), you have the option to configure user password fields.

Figure 13-12 shows how you enter a user password for a host user ID. A list of

users and passwords is provided in the User List Configuration tab. These user

IDs and passwords can be used when you create the Connect and Data macros.

Figure 13-12 Setting a password for a host user ID

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Figure 13-13 illustrates how you select a user ID from the created list when

building the Connect macro.

Figure 13-13 Inserting a user ID from the user list

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Figure 13-14 shows how you will insert a password from the created user list.

Figure 13-14 Inserting a password from the user list

During the transfer to server process, you are prompted for the security level for

this password; we select the Encrypt data option (see Figure 13-15 on

page 377). Notice that you can define multiple user IDs and passwords if

required.

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Figure 13-15 Selecting password encryption

If you selected the Encrypt data option, you are now prompted to enter a

password to derive the encryption key, as illustrated in Figure 13-16.

Figure 13-16 Providing a key for password encryption during transfer

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As a result, the userpool XML file shows the defineproperty tag with an encrypt

value of 2 (encrypted) and the value for the password is now encrypted and

translated into 64-ASCII code, as illustrated in Figure 13-17.

Figure 13-17 Encrypted password in userpool file

When the host application is deployed (see Figure 13-18), the same password is

provided and the reverse process takes place to recover the user passwords.