Gets the information from the repository for the specified membership user with the specified authenication mode.

Namespace: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.Membership
Assembly: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security (in Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll) Version: 2016.0.105.16 (2016.0.105.16)

Syntax

C#
public VGMembershipUser GetUser(
	string username,
	VGAuthenticationMode mode
)
Visual Basic
Public Function GetUser ( 
	username As String,
	mode As VGAuthenticationMode
) As VGMembershipUser

Parameters

username
Type: System..::..String
The name of the user to retrieve.
mode
Type: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security..::..VGAuthenticationMode
the mode of authentication of the user.

Return Value

Type: VGMembershipUser
A VGMembershipUser object representing the specified user. Null (Nothing) when the user was not found in the repository.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::..ArgumentExceptionusername is empty or longer than 64 characters or contains invalid chars ('\', '/', '?', '*', '%', ';', ''', '"', ':', '|', '[', ']', '+', '=', ',') for Visual Guard account.

-or-

username cannot be converted to SID for Windows Account.

-or-

mode is not equal to Windows or VisualGuard or Database or is a combination of several values.
System.Security..::..SecurityExceptionThe current user does not have enough privileges to use Membership API. The Membership access level of the application must be sufficient to allows this action or the 'Membership Manager' role must be granted to the user by using the Visual Guard console.

See Also