need to have a password counter

[krusnik08]

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If TextBox1.Text = "students" And TextBox2.Text = "amaer" Then
Dim a As New Form2
a.Show()
Me.Hide()
ElseIf MessageBox.Show("Please enter a valid Username and Password.", "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning) Then

End If
End Sub

[lolafuertes]

Maybe you can try some thing like:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Static iPassCount as Integer ' thiss will assure that the counter is visible only locally but not lost from call to call
If TextBox1.Text = "students" And TextBox2.Text = "amaer" Then
Dim a As New Form2
a.Show()
iPassCount = 0 ' If passwor is ok then reset the counter
Me.Hide()
Else
iPassCount +=1 ' increase the counter
if iPassCount < 4 tehn ' while less than 3 retries notify the user
If MessageBox.Show("Please enter a valid Username and Password.", "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning) Then
End If
Else ' almost 3 times failed to enter the password
   ' Kill it?
End If
End If
End Sub

Hope this helps

[Netcode]

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Try

If TextBox1.Text = "students" And TextBox2.Text = "amaer" Then
Dim a As New Form2
a.Show()
Me.Hide()

 Else

                'integer variable to count the number of times
                'the user has tried loggin in
                Static count As Integer = 0

                'display promt 
                Dim prompt As DialogResult = _
                MessageBox.Show("Invalid Username or Password!", "Login Error", _
                MessageBoxButtons.RetryCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Warning)

                Select Case prompt

                    Case Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Retry
                        '//keep login displayed for another trial 
                        TextBox1.Text = ""
                        TextBox2.Text = ""

                        count += 1 'increment counter by one 
                        If count = 3 Then
                            MessageBox.Show("High value of failed login attempts" &              vbCrLf & _
                                           "Application will be terminated" & _
                                        " for security reasons", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, _
                                        MessageBoxIcon.Stop)
                            End 'terminate application
                        End If

                    Case Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel
                        Application.Exit()  'terminate application

                End Select

            End If
        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try

[Netcode]

the code written should by me should totally solve your problem even more than you expected.