3 replies to this topic

[frankietook]

hi how do i change this code to limit user attempts to 3?

public void validateUser(String name, String password) {
if (name.equals("admin") && password.equals("letmein")) {
display.setCurrent(list1);
} else {
tryAgain();
}
}
public void tryAgain() {
Alert error = new Alert("Login Incorrect", "Please try again", null, AlertType.ERROR);

Many Thanks

[Roman Y]

I'm not that great at that area so I can't provide you with the code or something but sounds to me, like two loops one is while(true) and the other one is for loop limited with to three tries inside the while loop after wich comes a timer function (depending on how long you want to wait before it allows to try again).

[WingedPanther]

The way I do it is to track the number of attempts in a database, clearing the count on a successful login.

[Roman Y]

yeah that's probably the best way, saw how much there is can go wrong with suggestion in my post but unfortunatly I can't delete it... hehe