Creation password at runtime

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bruce Easton (Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:02:29 -0500):
[...]
> filePro 3.0 manual under "The Creation Password: Protecting Your
> Formats,"
> ...
>
> 	"This password does not, however, affect who can or
> 	cannot see and change your records--runtime opertations
> 	are protected separately with individual passwords."
>
> So if this definition has changed with the advent of variable-named
> lookups, then why???  If the purpose of a creation password is no
> longer just protecting formats and processing, then why is it still
> called a creation password?
[...]

It's preventing you from creating a lookup into that file, just as a
lookup with a hardcoded filename will require the creation password
in *cabe.

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