Hello,

I have a scenario in winforms where I have to load my main form (MDI) and then load login screen. I want to load only login screen and user authenticates then load main form ( MDI ).

My program.cs has main funtion. It contains Application.Run command. If I pass my login form for application.run as parameter. I cannot close (this.close) the login form when user successfully authenticates as it closes my application form. To avoid this I load my main form first with Application.Run followed by Login form in load event of main form

How can I load only login form without loading main form.

Thanks,
Navdeep

Hi,

Here is a possible solution:
You need 2 forms:
- MainForm (IsMdiContainer = True)
- LogonForm (optionally: ControlBox = False; FormBorderStyle = FixedSingle; MaximizeBox = False)

In the LogonForm create a method that checks the validity of the credentials passed. If the credentials are good, set the DialogResult of the form to OK.

this.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;

In the Program.cs set the following:
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(fals e);

    LogonForm frm = new LogonForm();
    DialogResult result = frm.ShowDialog();

    if (result == DialogResult.OK)
        Application.Run(new MainForm());
}

This way, your logonform is first opened and only if the user entered valid credentials, the mainform (mdi) is opened.

Greetz,

Geert

http://geertverhoeven.blogspot.com

Hi Geertz,

Thanks, I will surely test this out.
It should work fine if I close login form.


Navdeep

I think I am missing something here.
I new the form. Login screen appear. user enters credentials. CLicks ok. validations are checked. How does "result" gets value from frm.ShowDialog(). If I close the login it never reaches
    DialogResult result = frm.ShowDialog();


Navdeep

The form class contains a field named DialogResult with type DialogResult.

Since the instance of the LogonForm is still available after the form is closed, you can request the value of the field by doing:

LogonForm frm = new LogonForm();
DialogResult result = frm.DialogResult;

If you check the signature of the ShowDialog method, you can see that it returns a value with type DialogResult. This value is the value that comes from the forms DialogResult property.

If it isn't clear, please let me know.

Geert

http://geertverhoeven.blogspot.com

Hi Geert,

Thanks for your inputs.
I have tested the code. this is the main() code
"result" is always "cancel". I am using this.close after I check credentials on logon form. So the logic does not work. Can you test at your end. Am I missing something. I understand what you have tried to convey but showdialog returns cancel.

-Navdeep

I got the missing link.
Apart from last code I mentioned in last post , I added this line of code in logon form Ok button after successful authentication

It works now.
Thanks.

Program.cs LoginForm and MainForm

The Code is Perfectly Working.

frmlogin.cs file

btnok_click()
{
this.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;

}

program.cs file

static void main()
{

Application.--------;
Application.---------;
frmLogin login = new frmLogin();
DialogResult result = login.ShowDialog();
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
Application.Run(new MainForm());

}


Regards,

Samdoss.J:(

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