I used the change-password command to add an application

password to a program.

When I go in to the secure application window to change it,

it says the program is named with an invalid character and

won't let me to the password prompt.  The program has a +

in it.

How do I remove an application password if the filename has

an invalid character in it?

Hmmm…I don't know why I'm doing this, especially after the way you've treated me, but I worked on an application that had a + in the name (HMS+ actually). What you'll need to do is copy the account record to another name. Once you've done that, modify the information there, then copy the info back.

The account information is stored in either the SYSTEM or SYSENV files, depending on your version. The name would be appName.ACCOUNT so what I did was

RECORDCOPY SYSENV HMS+.ACCOUNT TO:HMS.ACCOUNT

(I'm doing this off the top of my head, so there's a good chance these are delimited by something other than the . char. Look in the SYSENV file and the correct names will jump right out at you)

Make sure that you make all changes through the window, and not through the edit record. Using the editor can corrupt the record and you won't be able to get back into the account.

Let me know if you have troubles.

As an aside, it would be helpfull if you post what version of the software you are using. You can get this by typing WHO from the TCL window. This way, we can target the answers to your specific version of the product. As you can see by this message, some file names and commands have changed or various bugs have been fixed to eliminate some problems. For example, in ARev 3.12, if you typed SETPASSWORD and entered in a null password (just pressed enter for new) it would clear the old one.

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