In preparation for your finals, you will be creating an application that will serve as the prototype for your final project. Although not fully functional, your application should implement these minimum requirements:
- The application starts with a login form that will perform user validation. If the entered username and password are valid, load the main application form. If not, display an error. If the user clicks the Cancel button, the application should terminate. Since the application is not yet capable of storing data to a persistent storage, validate using "guest" as username and password for the meantime.
- The application should also integrate your existing User Manager application. The User Manager form can be loaded when clicking the System -> Maintenance -> System Users menu item in the main application form.
- The main application form should contain menu items similar to the sample given, i.e. it should have the following menus:
- System - contains all menu items related to performing system functions
- Maintenance - contains menu items related to configuring system-wide settings like system users and role assignments.
- Masterfile - contains menu items related to configuring system-wide settings like lookup values used in transactions. An example of a menu item is "Loan Type" for a Loans Management System. Replace this with masterfiles related to your proposed system.
- Exit - prompts a message confirming if the user wishes to close the application.
- Transaction - contains all menu items related to performing system transactions. An example of a menu item is "Loan Application" for a Loans Management System. Replace this with transactions related to your proposed system.
- Report - contains all menu items related to creating reports. An example of a menu item is "Loan Summary Report" for a Loans Management System. Replace this with reports related to your proposed system.
- Create a System Configuration form similar to the sample given. This form does not need to implement any functionality yet and is reserved for future exercises.
The application should also integrate your existing User Manager application. The User Manager form can be loaded when clicking the System -> Maintenance -> System Users menu item in the main application form.
Hints: In addition to the existing controls you've used, this application also uses the following controls:
- MenuStrip
- StatusStrip
- ListBox
- TabControl
- ComboBox
You can download a sample output here.
