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Thread: Adding checks to find out why code isn't allowing a password change!!!!!!

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    What I have here is code that lets a user change their password. I placed checks in the code to see where the problem is. The code reaches a certain stage and then jumps straight to the end. I need to place a few further checks in the code to see whats going on. The code doesn't reaches this line
    Code:
    Userss![Expiry Date] = Format$(Date + PasswordExpiry, "dd/mm/yyyy")
    Can someone please try to help me out with this. I need to know how to check the details fo why it isn't working. Please help!!! Sorry for the large amount of code posted.
    Code:
        Dim Userss As dynaset
        Dim UserAudit As Table
        
        
        
        Dim DebugLog As String
        DebugLog = AddSlash(CurDir) & "DebugJK.log"
        iFreeFileNum = FreeFile
        Open DebugLog For Append As #iFreeFileNum
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "********************************************************************* "
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "____Purpose of Logfile : To determine any errors in the CHANGEPW.FRM "
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "Last modified: "; Now
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "User Name :"; who.Name
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "Your old Password was(Encrypt)   :"; Userss!Password
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "Your typed your old Password as(nonEncrypt)  :"; TextOldPassword.Text
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "Your new password was typed as   :"; textnewPassword
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "Your confirmed your new password as   :"; TextConfirm.Text
        Print #iFreeFileNum, "------------------------------------------------------------------------ "
        Close #iFreeFileNum
        If TextOldPassword.Text <> "" Then
    25:         Userss.FindFirst ("[User Name] = '" + who.Name + "'")
                enc$ = encode(CStr(who.Name), CStr(TextOldPassword.Text))
                If (enc$ <> Userss!Password) Or (who.Name <> Userss![User Name]) Then Error 99
           Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 1: The oldPasswordCheck has been run successfully ")
                If Len(textnewPassword.Text) < 6 Then
                Text = messageList(30) ' Password must have at least 6 characters
                MsgBox Text, MB_ICONEXCLAMATION, "Password Change"
                textnewPassword.Text = ""
                TextConfirm.Text = ""
                textnewPassword.SetFocus
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 1.1: The Password is less that 6 chars, 'Password Change Dialog Box Appeared'")
                Exit Sub
            End If
                Exit Sub
            Else
            'Call statements Call the Private Function logToFile, This Sub Writes to the log file
                Userss.Edit
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 2: The Editing of the UserName has Successfully Started")
                Userss!Password = encode(CStr(who.Name), CStr(textnewPassword.Text))
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 3: The Username and Password has been taken in ")
                'This is as far as the code runs to.  I need to find out, why? The check 3 runs fie but then it
                'goes to Check 11: The Password change Failed.  I need to put a check in here to find out what
                'is going wrong.  What can I do??????
                Call logtofile
                Userss![Expiry Date] = Format$(Date + PasswordExpiry, "dd/mm/yyyy")
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 4: Date and password expiry has being passed")
                Userss.Update
                If AUDITING = True Then
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 5: The Auditing Process has successfully started")
                    UserAudit.AddNew
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 6: A new user field was entered in the UserAudit Table")
                    UserAudit![User Name] = who.Name
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 7: The Username was brought in")
                    UserAudit!Password = "Changed"
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 8: The Password was changed")
                    UserAudit![Expiry Date] = Format$(Date + PasswordExpiry, "dd/mm/yyyy")
                'added by JK
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 9:The Expiry Date was set for the New Password")
                'end of JK
                    UserAudit!By = who.Name
                    UserAudit!Date = Format$(Date, "dd/mm/yyyy")
                    UserAudit!Time = Format$(Time, "Long Time")
                    UserAudit.Update
                'added by JK
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 10:The Update was successfully launched")
                'end of JK
    
                End If
                MsgBox "Your password has been changed!", MB_ICONINFORMATION
                Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 11: The password Change was successful, and the MsgBox Appeared")
                iFreeFileNum = FreeFile
                Open DebugLog For Append As #iFreeFileNum
                Print #iFreeFileNum, "The New Password that you typed is:   "; textnewPassword.Text
                Print #iFreeFileNum, "The New Password (Encrypt) :   "; Userss!Password
                Print #iFreeFileNum, "********************************************************************* "
                Print #iFreeFileNum, "********************************************************************* "
                Print #iFreeFileNum, "********************************************************************* "
                Close #iFreeFileNum
                'end of JK
    
            End If
        Else
            MsgBox "You must enter the old password!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION
            TextOldPassword.Text = ""
            textnewPassword.Text = ""
            TextConfirm.Text = ""
            TextOldPassword.SetFocus
            Exit Sub
        End If
        ChangePW.Hide
    
    ChangePW_ComOK_Click_Res:
        Exit Sub
    
    ChangePW_ComOK_Click_Err:
        If Erl = 25 Then
            Text = "Password change failed! Try again!"
            MsgBox Text, MB_ICONEXCLAMATION, "Password Change"
            TextOldPassword.Text = ""
            textnewPassword.Text = ""
            TextConfirm.Text = ""
            TextOldPassword.SetFocus
            'added by JK
             Call logtofile(DebugLog, "Check 11: The Password change Failed, and ")
            'end of JK
            Resume ChangePW_ComOK_Click_Res
        Else
            MsgBox " Error " + CStr(Err) + " " + Error$(Err)
            z% = LogError("COMOK Password Change", " Error " + CStr(Err) + " " + Error$(Err))
            End
        End If
    
    End Sub
    Please help!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Why not put a breakpoint at the top of this section of code (using F9), then run the program - when the program stops at the breakpoint use F8 to step through it line by line. You will see then what it's up to. You can hold the mouse over variables to see what the value is in the variable etc.
    If you still can't work out what's going wrong post the line where the error seems to be occuring to this group and we can all take another look.
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    Thanks a lot for that. I don't actually get any errors at all when I run the code. I think that the problem is with variables on the following line. Or maybe with the Dynaset
    Code:
    Userss![Expiry Date] = Format$(Date + PasswordExpiry, "dd/mm/yyyy")
    Is there any way to print these variables out to the log file so that I can see their values. I'm using vb3. Thanks a lot for the help

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    This won't work - you need to use the DateAdd function;

    eg; to add 30 days to today's date;

    Code:
    NewDate = DateAdd("d",30,Now)
    So, if PAsswordExpiry is the number of days you need to ;

    Code:
    Userss![Expiry Date] = Format$(DateAdd("d",PasswordExpiry,Date), "dd/mm/yyyy")



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