>O.K. I have created a modal password .scx file with buttons and boxes I do not have a clue what code or??? to use to validate the password (simple users.dbf with info and password
>do you have any ideas???
>
>Thanks for the article to Hilmar's transaction log I am going to almost exactly that with a couple of twists.
>
>Thanks again for your help
>
>Fred W.

Well, you would probably need to encrypt the passwords. But let's assume for now you don't have them encrypted.

You need a Users DBF with UserID and Password fields (plus additional fields). Then you simply try to search for the provided userID, something like

if Seek(rtrim(thisform.txtUserID.value), 'Users','UserID') 
   if rtrim(Users.Password) = rtrim(thisform.txtPassword.value)
        * This is a valid user
   else
      * ? Is it possible to have multiple users with the same ID - should be not, use Candidate index (or Primary for this)
      * The password is not valid
  endif
else
  * The User is not found
endif