>Hi All,
>
>My app uses a basic encryption/decryption algorithm based on the ASCII table codepage 1252 English U.S. Nothing fancy.
>When some users, especially in countries using other keyboard languages try to log in using the default user and password setting, they of course get the dreaded 'Invalid Username/Password' routine. They get frustrated and I lose a potential sale!
>Is there a way to have my app override their language/keyboard settings and direct their machine to the English U.S. setting? I've tried setting CODEPAGE=1252 in the config.fpw file, but that doesn't seem to work. Is there anything else I can do?

If you're storing passwords (bad practice) or hashes (good practice) in a VFP table, you probably should store them in Character (Binary) fields rather than plain Character. From VFP Help about the Character Data Type: "To prevent data in Character fields from being translated across code pages, use the Character (Binary) field type."

A quick and dirty workaround may be to change the default password to a string of numbers, e.g. "12345" which may be compatible with more international locales.