Newton Developer Technical Information: Newton Programmer's Guide: 2.1 OS Addendum /

Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous / Reference

Protos / protoPasswordSlip

SetPassword

passwordSlip:SetPassword(newPassword)

Called to set a new password.

newPassword

A string, the new password to store.

return value

You can return anything; it is ignored.

DISCUSSION

Note that the password is a string in plain text, so for maximum security it should be encoded before being stored.