Tutorial: Creating an Access Control System using VB.2008 and Fingerprint SDK
This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple Access Control System with Fingerprint Recognition using Visual Basic. It was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition and we suppose that you have a minimal understanding of VB language.
Access control is the ability to permit or deny the use of a particular resource (for instance, a facility, a bank account or a company’s intranet) or object (a file or a safe) by a particular entity. Here are the most widely recognized access control models:
- ACL: the access is allowed based on a simple access control list, usually login/password;
- Discretionary: the object’s owner decides who can access it;
- Mandatory: a system decides who can access an entity based on access levels;
- Role-based: a system decides who can access an entity based on its role;
In this example we’ll define a simple role-based access control system. The main steps are:
- Configure a database to maintain access control data;
- Create a Visual Basic project for your application;
- Build your Visual Basic interface and code handling;
- Add fingerprint recognition support to your application;