Login passwords for Dynamics GP are case sensitive and limited to three tries. This means that the words password
and Password
are viewed as completely different when logging in because of the capital P
in Password
. After three failed login attempts, Dynamics GP closes and the user has to restart before trying to log in again. When a user unknowingly has the Caps Lock button on it almost always leads to failed logins and user frustration.
In recognition of this, Ian Grieve, a Senior Consultant with Perfect Image Limited and one of the authors of this book, has produced a, freely available, VBA utility which checks for Caps Lock activation and warns the user, in a non-intrusive manner, if it is on during login. This method uses the desktop alert code produced by Aaron Berquist of High Dynamics Range in association with David Musgrave.
In this recipe, we'll look at deploying and using this utility to warn users if Caps Lock is on.