Portals; Can now force Client or User to change their password

Portals can now be configured to respect the "Force Client to change their Web Password the next time they sign in" and "Force User to change Password when they next login" settings on the Client and User records.

The Portals form, Authentication page, has a new checkbox under "Other Authentication options" to "Enforce Password Change after sign-in?". This is checked by default but can be set unchecked if the Portal developer wishes to implement their own functionality or a custom form to change the password.

New business layer functionality:

• finPortalHandler.MustChangePassword
• Boolean property that can be used when a Portal developer wishes to implement their own functionality

When testing from an external web browser, the Password Change functionality requires that you close and re-open the Portal once the password has been changed. This is existing behaviour and remains unchanged.

When running the Portal from within finPOWER Connect, as with Web Services, you will now be notified once the password has been changed and returned to the sign-in form. This is new behaviour; previously, you were notified to close the Portal window and re-open it.

NOTE: Attempting to sign in to a User-based Portal from within finPOWER Connect has no affect since the currently signed in User is always used.