Password control

[scoobywilliams]

Probably a simple question but..

Does any one know how you ensure that a field with input type password is not remebered by your browser. I do not want to rely on the users to answer no to the standard ie dialogue.

Chris

 

[WebGodiva]

To my knowledge it is up to the user to not have the form autocomplete set on their computer. I ran into this problem at Scwabb & Associates (on line trading) and had to change my browser settings to not automatically complete forms.

Even when the cache has been emptied it will still complete forms if this setting is checked in the browser options.

 

[scoobywilliams]

Thanks
I think we have soved it now...
AutoComplete is a feature present in I.E5.x. It is designed to make filling out forms easier by collecting previously entered data items
and allowing them to be selected from a drop-down list box. This is not a problem for us except for login/password fields.

It is on by default, but can be selectively turned off as follows:

<input type=&quot;password&quot; name=&quot;loginpassword&quot; AUTOCOMPLETE=&quot;OFF&quot;>
You can also disable for an entire form by adding the same attribute to the <FORM> element:
<FORM Method=&quot;POST&quot; target=&quot;_main&quot; AUTOCOMPLETE=&quot;OFF&quot;>

Seems to work!