How to Create a Login System in C# and MS Access Database

Submitted by janobe on Monday, July 1, 2019 - 21:24.
In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create a simple login system using c# and ms access database. This method is a good start for you when you are dealing with MS Access database and c#. This is very easy to understand most especially by beginners in programming. All you have to do is follow the instructions that are shown below.

Creating Application

Step 1

Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and create a new windows form application for c#. ps1

Step 2

Do the form just like shown below. ps2

Step 3

Open the code editor by pressing the F7 on your keyboard. In the code editor, add a namespace to access OleDB libraries
  1.  
  2. using System.Data.OleDb;

Step 4

Create a connection between C# and MS Access database. After that, declare all the classes and a string variable that is needed.
  1.  
  2.         OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + Application .StartupPath + "\\logindb.accdb");
  3.         OleDbCommand cmd;
  4.         OleDbDataAdapter da;
  5.         DataTable dt;
  6.         string sql;

Step 5

Create a function for retrieving the total number of rows in the database.
  1.    
  2.         private int login(string sql)
  3.         {
  4.             int maxrow = 0;
  5.             try
  6.             {
  7.                 con.Open();
  8.                 cmd = new OleDbCommand();
  9.                 da = new OleDbDataAdapter();
  10.                 dt = new DataTable();
  11.  
  12.                 cmd.Connection = con;
  13.                 cmd.CommandText = sql;
  14.  
  15.                 da.SelectCommand = cmd;
  16.                 da.Fill(dt);
  17.  
  18.                 maxrow = dt.Rows.Count;
  19.             }
  20.             catch(Exception ex)
  21.             {
  22.              MessageBox.Show ( ex.Message);
  23.             }
  24.             finally
  25.             {
  26.                 da.Dispose();
  27.                 con.Close();
  28.             }
  29.             return maxrow;
  30.         }

Step 6

Write the following code for the login process.
  1.  
  2.         private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  3.         {
  4.             int maxrow = 0;
  5.             sql = "Select * From tbluser WHERE u_name = '" + textBox1.Text + "' AND u_pass='" + textBox2.Text + "'";
  6.             maxrow = login(sql);
  7.  
  8.             if(maxrow > 0)
  9.             {
  10.                 MessageBox.Show("Welcome User");
  11.                 groupBox1.Enabled = false;
  12.                 label3.Text = "Welcome " + dt.Rows[0].Field<string>("fullname") + " | Logout" ;
  13.  
  14.                 textBox1.Clear();
  15.                 textBox2.Clear();
  16.             }
  17.             else
  18.             {
  19.                 MessageBox.Show("Your username and Password is incorrect.", "Invalid", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
  20.             }
  21.         }

Step 7

Write the following code in the logout process.
  1.    
  2.         private void label3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  3.         {
  4.             groupBox1.Enabled = true;
  5.             label3.Text = "Login System";
  6.         }
The complete source code is included you can download it and run it on your computer. For any questions about this article. You can contact me @ Email – [email protected] Mobile No. – 09305235027 – TNT Or feel free to comment below.
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Login and Logout in C#

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