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Create new user

Overview

In order to use ANY-maze, you must have a user account which you can create for yourself using this window.

The benefit of having a user account is that ANY-maze will remember any options and settings which you set, and restore them whenever you use the program. Thus if you change the size of the ANY-maze font, for example, then this won't affect other users - nor will changes they make affect you.

Details

My name

You can enter anything you like as your user name (up to a maximum of 24 characters); the only limitation is that you can't use a name already taken by another user - ANY-maze will tell you if this is the case. Generally it's a good idea to simply use your first name, perhaps with an initial if there's another user with the same name.

My password

Depending on how ANY-maze has been set up, you may not need to enter a password at all (you can find out whether you need to by reading the text at the top of the window).

However, whether it's required or not, using a password is a good idea as it protects your ANY-maze settings. You can enter anything you like, but it must be at least 5 characters long and different to your user name.

Note that any spaces you enter at the start or end of your password are ignored, so for example entering ' dog' would not be accepted (because the two spaces at the start of the password would be ignored, and the password would be seen to have just 3 characters). Spaces inside the password, such as 'my dog', are valid and will be counted as characters.

Protecting your files

When you save an Experiment or Protocol file in ANY-maze, you can optionally provide a password which will be used to 'lock' the file so other people can't open it - this facility is explained more fully in the Saving experiments and Saving protocols topics.

If you expect that you will generally use this facility, then by checking the box labelled Protect my files by default..., you can set ANY-maze to automatically use your user password to protect any experiment or protocol files that you save. Of course, as this is only a default, you will still be able to change an individual file to have a different password (or no password at all).

Changing your user name, password etc. in the future

You can edit the details that you enter here at any time in the future. To do this, simply select the ANY-maze Options page and then click the My account option.

Create new user

Overview

Details

Changing your user name, password etc. in the future

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