Working With the Change Password Web Part

The Change Password Web Part lets shoppers reset their passwords.

Web Part

The following figure shows the Change Password Web Part.

The shopper must first be logged into the site. Shopper re-enter their current passwords and then they specify a new password. The new password must be specified twice in order to confirm that the password has been entered correctly.

All text boxes that contain passwords display stars or similar characters to obscure the shopper's password for security reasons. Passwords are validated against a pattern to ensure strength. The default password strength validation requires a shopper to enter a minimum of six characters with at least one of each of the following: upper-case character, lower-case character, and number. Password strength is configured by using a regular expression.

Property Sheet

The following figure shows the Change Password Web Part property sheet. The Change Password Web Part property sheet lets site designers control some aspects of the Web Part's behavior and appearance. The property sheet is displayed by selecting the edit option on the Web Page (in Edit Page mode) and then selecting Modify Shared Web Part. This displays the property sheet. Expand the sections to see the relevant properties.

Properties

There following table lists and describes the properties for the Change Password Web Part.

Property	Maps To	Type	Description	Default
On cancel, go to URL	CancelDestinationPageUrl	String	Sets the page URL to redirect to when the user presses the "cancel" button.	Blank
"Cancel" button text	CancelPushButtonLabel	String	Sets the text displayed on the "cancel" button.	Cancel
"Password change failed" message	ChangePasswordFailureText	String	Sets the text displayed when the password change fails.	Incorrect password, please enter your current password.
"Submit" button label	ChangePasswordPushButtonLabel	String	Sets the text displayed on the "submit" button.	Submit
"Change Password" title text	ChangePasswordTitle	String	Sets the title text displayed above the change password section.	Change Password
"Confirm new password" label text	ConfirmNewPasswordLabel	String	Sets the text displayed beside the "confirm new password" text box.	* Confirm new password
"Confirm new password is required" message	ConfirmNewPasswordRequired	String	Sets the text displayed when the user submits the form without supplying a value for "confirm new password".	Please re-enter the password for confirmation
On completion, go to URL	ContinueDestinationPageUrl	String	Sets the page URL to redirect to once the operation has completed.	Blank
"Continue" button text	ContinuePushButtonLabel	String	Sets the text displayed on the "continue" button.	View My Account
"Current password" label text	CurrentPasswordLabel	String	Sets the text displayed beside the "current password" text box.	* Current password
"Current password is required" message	CurrentPasswordRequiredErrorMessage	String	Sets the text displayed when the user submits the form without supplying a value for "current password".	Please enter your password
Display "user name"	DisplayUserName	Boolean	If checked, causes the web part to show the user name of the account whose password is being reset.	False
Instructional text	InstructionText	String	Sets the text block displayed below the title. Can be used to provide verbose instructions to end users.	Enter your old and new passwords to change the login credentials for your account.
"Passwords don't match" message	NewPasswordCompareErrorMessage	String	Sets the text displayed when the user inputs a password confirmation that doesn't match their "new password".	The two passwords do not match.
"New password" label text	NewPasswordLabel	String	Sets the text displayed beside the "new password" text box.	* New password
"New password is required" message	NewPasswordRequiredErrorMessage	String	Sets the text displayed when a user submits the form without supplying a value for "new password".	You must enter a new password
"Password creation tip" link text	PasswordCreationTipLink	String	Sets the text displayed as the "password creation tip" hyperlink.	Password creation tips
"Password creation tip" text	PasswordCreationTipText	String	Sets the text displayed to help the user create an acceptable password.	Your password must be at least 6 characters long, and contain at least one one lower case letter, one upper case letter and one digit
"Validation summary" header text	PasswordValidatorErrorMessage	String	Sets the text displayed above the collection of errors, which is displayed when the user makes one or more input mistakes.	Your password must be at least 6 characters long, and contain at least one lower case letter, one upper case letter and one digit
"Password change is required" text	RequiredPasswordChangeText	String	Sets the text displayed at the top of the web part to alert the user that a password change is required to continue.	You are taken to this page because you are required to change your password.
"Success" text	SuccessText	String	Sets the text displayed once the password change has completed successfully.	Your password has been successfully changed.
"User name" label text	UserNameLabel	String	Sets the text displayed beside the "user name" text box.	E-mail address
"Security question" label	NA	String	Sets the text displayed beside the "security question" text box.	* Security question
"Security answer" label	NA	String	Sets the text displayed beside the "security answer" text box.	* Security answer
* Security question help link	NA	String	Sets the page URL to redirect to if the Security Question Help link is clicked.	Security question help
Security question help text	NA	String	Sets the text displayed beside the "security question help" text box.	A question only you know the answer to.
Error message for required security question	NA	String	Sets the error message text displayed beside the "security question" text box.	Please enter a security question
Error message for security answer	NA	String	Sets the error message text displayed beside the "security answer" text box.	Please enter a security answer
Continue Shopping Button label	NA	String	Sets the text displayed in the Continue Shopping Button	Continue Shopping
Continue Shopping Url	NA	String	Sets the page URL to redirect to if the Continue Shopping Button is clicked.	/Pages/default.aspx

See Also

Other Resources

Working With the Web Parts

Profile Administration Web Parts

Change Password Web Part