If a password has been set on the OfficeTalk database for security purposes, then to avoid each user having to manually enter this password every time they log onto OfficeTalk, a password automation program is supplied. This program is called the OfficeTalk Password Automation applet and is installed only on the first OfficeTalk installation into the OfficeTalk program group.
Start this program by double clicking on the program item in the OfficeTalk program group. A dialog box is shown asking you to specify the correct database password.
Enter the database password and press OK. The Password Automation applet will tell you if you have entered the wrong password.
If you entered the correct password, the applet will feed this information to OfficeTalk, such that the next time that any user logs on, this password is automatically used to open the database.
If the database password changes, then you must re-run the Password Automation applet and enter the new password.
Note: The database password is completely different to your login password. Your login password is used to identify you as an OfficeTalk user once the database has been opened. The database password is required in order to open the database and acts as another level of security.