um, login type thing

I'm looking to make a login type thing where the user of my program connects to another program on a server on the net and logs in through it..

how would i go about doing this..

and if this isn't clear.. i can try to explain it better...

Do you want to do this via a web interface, or a stand-alone app?

What programming languages do you know?

It's quite an involved process.

um,

I am trying to connect to a stand alone VB program that i will write aswell..

I know VB, some stupid School Taught OOT stuff.. and on a scale of 1 to 10 i know about .01 of C++

i would also like to know.
which would be better to store the info in? a database, text file, the regestry..

if its a database? which database program?

As far as what type of dataset to use.
this depends on wether or not you are using ASP or ????
What type of box are you hosting on, Linux, other Unix, Windows with IIS.

Typically I think you are probably using a Win box with asp being this is the ASP forum.

So Microsoft Access will help you create an .mdb access database or if you dont know how to integrate it into your coding you can use front page (WYSIWYG) to create a data connection on the fly.

Access is ok as long as you keep the database stored in a fpdb or db named folder for security, IIS by default does not allow access to these folders.

Also if you are using a Win Platform you can use MySQL but I find its not as stable as using it with a Linux box.

As far as creating a member login and your other issues/questions.

Visit http://www.planetsourcecode.com and http://www.sourceforge.net They are both sites dedicated to the open source community. There you will find MASSIVE forums answering all of your questions and you can download complete source codes, and snippets. All of the code you find is GPL (General Public License) So basically its free but out of respect post a link back to the creators site.

Anyway there is a good start for you and I will warn you: There are tens of millions of lines of code on just those two sites so the learning curve is going to be hefty.


Open source is a great way to learn because you can download the source code, play with it, modify it, and move on, contribute, ask, answer, and find any resource. Dev Articles, founders know exactly what im talking about and so do all of the authors on this site. So have fun and best of luck in your learning.

As far as what type of dataset to use.
this depends on wether or not you are using ASP or ????
What type of box are you hosting on, Linux, other Unix, Windows with IIS.

Typically I think you are probably using a Win box with asp being this is the ASP forum.

So Microsoft Access will help you create an .mdb access database or if you dont know how to integrate it into your coding you can use front page (WYSIWYG) to create a data connection on the fly.

Access is ok as long as you keep the database stored in a fpdb or db named folder for security, IIS by default does not allow access to these folders.

Also if you are using a Win Platform you can use MySQL but I find its not as stable as using it with a Linux box.

As far as creating a member login and your other issues/questions.

Visit http://www.planetsourcecode.com and http://www.sourceforge.net They are both sites dedicated to the open source community. There you will find MASSIVE forums answering all of your questions and you can download complete source codes, and snippets. All of the code you find is GPL (General Public License) So basically its free but out of respect post a link back to the creators site.

Anyway there is a good start for you and I will warn you: There are tens of millions of lines of code on just those two sites so the learning curve is going to be hefty.


Open source is a great way to learn because you can download the source code, play with it, modify it, and move on, contribute, ask, answer, and find any resource. Dev Articles, founders know exactly what im talking about and so do all of the authors on this site. So have fun and best of luck in your learning.