Login failure needs to close main app...

[flicktom]

I have an MDI parent form "formMAIN" with the following code: public formMAIN() { InitializeComponent(); // blah blah blah LoginForm loginForm = new LoginForm(); loginForm.ShowDialog(); if (LoggedUserName != "") { this.Text += " [" + LoggedUserName + "]"; } else { // problem area... I want to close the main form if login failed... // IE... LoggedUserName will be "" } ... The loginForm connects to the database, checks for matching user name and password and sets the formMAIN's static variable "LoggedUserName" if a match is found. I placed it in the constructor of formMAIN so that it would appear first. I want to be able to close this main form immediately if the user closes the login form or clicks the "cancel" button on it... IE.. LoggedUserName will be blank when the focus returns to the formMAIN. I tried "this.Close();" as well as Application.Close(), but it doesn't work. I'm guessing this is because it's in the constructor for the form, which obviously is not yet completely instantiated. I can't put it in the initialize area for the same reason. I need some way to automatically perform the this.Close() operation 'after' the formMAIN completes initialization if the LoggedUserName value is still "" (IE.. failed log-in or user canceled the login form). How can this be done with the least amount of code? Flicktom -- modified at 0:23 Monday 12th December, 2005

[Vikram A Punathambekar]

Try calling

Environment.Exit(1);

WARNING: I'm not sure if this is the right way to do it, but it seems to do the job. You might want to see if somebody else comes up with a better solution. Cheers, Vikram.

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[Polis Pilavas]

Try putting your code into the form's Load() event instead. Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?

[flicktom]

This solution worked great. Thanks.