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Bad routine to generate a password
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23/11/2006 17:07:10
 
 
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23/11/2006 15:15:09
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Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
Coding, syntax and commands
Environment versions
Environment:
VB 8.0
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01172129
Message ID:
01172155
Views:
47
This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
>I have this code to generate a password with letters and digits:
>
>
>        ' Generate a password
>        ' expN1 Length of the password
>        Public Function GeneratePwd(ByVal tnLength As Integer) As String
>            Dim lcPassword As String = ""
>            Dim lnCounter As Integer = 0
>            Dim lnRandom As Integer = 0
>
>            For lnCounter = 1 To tnLength
>                If lnCounter = 1 Or Int(Rnd() * 100) Mod 2 = 0 Then
>                    lnRandom = Int(Rnd() * 25) + 97
>                Else
>                    lnRandom = Int(Rnd() * 9) + 48
>                End If
>                lcPassword = lcPassword + Chr(lnRandom)
>            Next
>
>            Return lcPassword
>        End Function
>
>
>This code has been converted from VFP. However, this does not work very well in .NET. It practically always generates the same password. Anyone would have something better to recommend?

GIYF: http://www.google.ca/search?q=vb.net+password+generator
Regards. Al

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