' Place this code under your Public Class.  If your form name is Login, then place it under Public Class Login
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    Dim iCount As Integer ' this integer is declared to help count the number of imes a user tried to login.
    Dim frmMain As New MainScreen ' this line declares a variable that will point the user to the Main Screen upon a successful login.  The second form created is called MainScreen.vb
    Private Sub btnLogin_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLogin.Click
        'The connection string is used to describe the type of database, the security information and the location to the database.
        Dim ConString As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";User ID=Admin;Data Source=""databasename.mdb"";"
        'Create a new connection object and assign the ConString Connection String above
        Dim DBCon As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(ConString)
' g_login is a global variable defined in a Module that captures the login name and passes it from form to form.  To create this, just create a Module, say Module1.vb and in it put "Public g_login as String" {g meaning global and login to represent the global login}
        g_login = Me.txtUsername.Text

        Dim strPassword As String = Me.txtPassword.Text

        If g_login = "" Or strPassword = "" Then
            MessageBox.Show("You are missing information. Please make sure that both the username and password fields are filled out.", "Missing Info")
            Me.txtUsername.Focus()
            Return
        End If
' The database has two fields in the Users table.  A UserID field, which is the primary key and declared as a text.  The other field is Password, which is a text as well.
        Dim strsql As String = "SELECT [UserID], [Password] FROM Users WHERE [UserID]='" & g_login & "' "

        Dim cm As New OleDb.OleDbCommand(strsql, DBCon)
        Dim dr As OleDb.OleDbDataReader
        Dim valid As Boolean = False
        Dim HasRows As Boolean = False
        Try
            DBCon.Open()
            dr = cm.ExecuteReader
            If dr.HasRows Then
                While dr.Read
                    If strPassword = dr.Item("Password") Then
                        valid = True
                    End If
                End While
                HasRows = True
            End If
            dr.Close()
        Catch exO As OleDb.OleDbException
            MessageBox.Show(exO.Message)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
        Finally
            If DBCon.State = ConnectionState.Open Then
                DBCon.Close()
            End If
            cm = Nothing
            dr = Nothing
            DBCon.Dispose()
            GC.Collect()
        End Try
        iCount = iCount + 1
        If valid = True Then
            Me.Hide()
            frmMain.Show()
        ElseIf iCount = 3 Then
            MessageBox.Show("Contact Safreak!", "Invalid Info")
            Me.Close()
        ElseIf HasRows = False Then
            MessageBox.Show("Invalid user name, try again!", "Invalid Info")
            Me.txtUsername.Focus()
            Me.txtUsername.Text = ""
            Me.txtPassword.Text = ""
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("Invalid password, try again!", "Invalid Info")
            Me.txtPassword.Focus()
            Me.txtPassword.Text = ""
        End If

    End Sub