/*
Name: confirmLoginCredentials()
Description: As the name implies, this method is called and used to validate that the user has entered the correct login credentials
and a correct IPv4 address to connect to the server
Parameter(s): None
Return: bool status indicating if the login credentials were entered correctly or incorrectly. Or if IPv4 was not correct.
*/
private bool confirmLoginCredentials()
{
clientConnect = null;
int port = 9000;
bool retStatus = false;
if (IP_Address.Text == "")
{
login_Error_Msg.Text = "*Do not leave IP Adress blank!";
login_Error_Msg.Visible = true; //Show error message
}
login_Error_Msg.Visible = false; //Show error message
try
{
clientConnect = new TriviaLib.TCPIPconnectorClient(port, IPAddress.Parse(IP_Address.Text)); //Entered IPv4 Address by the user
}
catch (Exception)
{
login_Error_Msg.Text = "*Invalid IPv4 Address!";
login_Error_Msg.Visible = true; //Show error message
}
if (verifyAdminName == "root" && verifyAdminPassword == "root")
{
try
{
User admin = new User();
if (clientConnect.Connect() == "")
{
clientConnect.Send("!admin");
clientConnect.Read();
login_Error_Msg.Visible = false; //Hide the error message when user enters credentials in correctly
admin.name = verifyAdminName;
admin.password = verifyAdminPassword;
clientConnect.Send(User.Serialize(admin)); //Notify the server you want to access admin
clientConnect.Read(); //Read the garbage value
retStatus = true; //Leave the function with a success and going into the main administrative screen
}
else
{
login_Error_Msg.Text = "*Unable to Connect to Server!";
login_Error_Msg.Visible = true; //Show error message
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
login_Error_Msg.Text = "*Server Unavailable!";
login_Error_Msg.Visible = true; //Show error message
}
}
else
{
login_Error_Msg.Text = "*Invalid User Name or Password!";
login_Error_Msg.Visible = true; //Show error message
}
return retStatus;
}
