> What are the rules you are using in your app? I assume that because
> there's a password, there's some kind of sensitive data. What's the goal
> of using a password? To keep unauthorized parties out? How about
> encryption? To the extreme, how about deleting all locked data if a wrong
> password is entered?
now now.. do this, and your program will be flag marked as a virus :P
> Each of those gives you an increased level of "security", but some may not
> be appropriate for your application. You need to first determine the
> needs of your app.
point perfectly said.
having a password? means nothing.. anyone with half a brain realizes
that the data is on the PC *without* protection.. encryption would
be a nice way to go..
a good way to do it would be to use the password as the key to the
encryption algorithm. wrong password?? this means wrong data is
displayed.. thats the easiest way to do something along these lines.
a "password" on a palm, is like the little key code systems you have
for doors at your work.. to help users, maybe the best thing is provide
a numeric touch pad.. they press a sequence of 8 numbers or so.. make
it "finger" capable.. would be a nice touch :)
the good thing about the PDA is that you wont see the numbers that
are "pressed" often (as normally happens with wear and tear) :P
cheers
// az
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