password protecting forms?

[Homer S]

Hello,

I would like to password protect my program!!

i have a introduction form and i would like to put a password on this, so that when the password is entered the form and programe becomes enabled.

i only want a basic password, nothing fancy!!!

Regards

Homer S

[BukHix]

Nothing fancy. Well this is a really simple example of doing it. I have the two buttons with their enabled property set to false at run time. When the correct username and password are entered I just enable the buttons in my code. It works for what I am doing so I hope it is relevant to what you are looking for. If not I am sure someone will offer a better alternative soon.

Private Sub btnSubmitCredentials_Click( _
        ByVal sender As System.Object, _
        ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
        Handles btnSubmitCredentials.Click
 
        Dim strUN As String = txtUserName.Text
        Dim strPW As String = txtPassWord.Text
        If strUN = "Admin" And strPW = "pass" Then
            btnClearTB.Enabled = True
            btnUpdateRates.Enabled = True
        Else
            MsgBox("User not authenticated", _
                MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly, "Authentication Error")
            txtUserName.Clear()
            txtPassWord.Clear()
            txtUserName.Focus()
        End If
 
    End Sub

All you need to do is modify it to work in your case, which I assume is opening the next form.

[Homer S]

Thank you very much, i will give it ago!