public bool Login(string username, string password) { //custom authentication AccountServiceClient client = null; try { client = new AccountServiceClient(); bool authenticated = client.LoginUser(username, password); if (authenticated) { Account accountCriteria = new Account(); accountCriteria.AccountUsername = username; accountCriteria.AccountPassword = password; _view.Accounts = client.AccountRetrieveByCriteria(accountCriteria).ToList(); _view.TitleForDisplay = "Login Successful"; } else { _view.Accounts = null; _view.TitleForDisplay = "Sorry, username and/or password are not correct"; return(false); } } catch (TimeoutException te) { _log.Fatal(te); } catch (FaultException fe) { _log.Fatal(fe); } catch (CommunicationException ce) { _log.Fatal(ce); } catch (Exception ex) { _log.Fatal(ex); } finally { if (client != null) { client.CloseProxy(); } } return(true); }