Microsoft KB Archive/288551

= OL97: Outlook Custom Form Passwords Are Not Secure =

Article ID: 288551

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q288551





SUMMARY
You can assign a password to an Outlook custom form to prevent users from accessing the form in Design mode, but the password is not secure because it can be retrieved using the Outlook object model.



MORE INFORMATION
In all versions of Outlook, the object model exposes a Password property on the FormDescription object. This property contains the text of the password that is assigned to a form. In addition, you can access the text of the Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code in a form by using the ScriptText property.

Outlook custom form passwords should be considered a deterrent so that typical end users cannot gain access to the design of a form. However, these form passwords cannot guarantee that users will not be able to access information about a form's design.

