BUG: Cannot Set Password Property to More Than 8 Characters
  
PSS ID Number: Q149406
Article last modified on 04-04-1996
 
4.00    | 4.00
 
WINDOWS | WINDOWS NT
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Enterprise Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for
   Windows, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you right-click the Remote Data Control (MSRDC), one of the right-
click menu items is the properties. When selecting that menu item, a dialog
box appears and one of the fields to enter is the password field. This
field accepts only up to 8 alphanumeric characters. Anything entered beyond
that is ignored.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in Visual Basic version 4.0
for Windows. This issue will be fixed in the next major release of Visual
Basic.
 
WORKAROUND
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When MSRDC is selected, the normal Visual Basic properties window has the
password property. You can type more than eight characters for the password
in that field.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce
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1. Start a new Visual Basic 4.0 Enterprise Edition, 32-bit project. Form1
   is created by default.
 
2. Add the MSRDC control to form1.
 
3. Right-click the MSRDC control and select the Properties menu item.
 
4. Type 123456789 into the Password field, watching what is actually being
   accepted by the field. You will notice that you cannot type in more
   than 8 characters.
 
Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all
KBCategory: kbbuglist kbusage
KBSubcategory: APrgData
 
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.
