Authenticates a user by using Visual Guard or Database authentication mode.

Namespace:  Novalys.VisualGuard.Security
Assembly:  Novalys.VisualGuard.Security (in Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll) Version: 3.2.912.1 (3.2.912.01)

Syntax

C#
public VGAuthenticationState Authenticate(
	string name,
	string password
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function Authenticate ( _
	name As String, _
	password As String _
) As VGAuthenticationState

Parameters

name
Type: System..::.String
the name of the user.
password
Type: System..::.String
the password of the given user.

Return Value

A VGAuthenticationState indicating if the authentication succeeds or not.

Remarks

For more information about this method, you can see Authenticate(String, String, VGAuthenticationMode).

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::.ArgumentException the name is an empty string or is longer than 64 characters.

- or-

the password is longer than 64 characters.
System..::.ArgumentNullException The name or the password is null (Nothing in VB).
System..::.NotSupportedException

the repository does not support Visual Guard or Database authentication mode.

The name is empty.

Novalys.VisualGuard.Security..::.VGConfigurationExceptionThe configuration file is not valid

or

A problem occurs during the connection to the repository.

or

The version of the repository or the version of the permissions is not supported by the application.

See Also