Verifies that the supplied user name and password are valid.

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 bool ValidateUser(
	string username,
	string password
)
Visual Basic
Public Function ValidateUser ( 
	username As String,
	password As String
) As Boolean

Parameters

username
Type: System..::..String
The name of the user to be validated.
password
Type: System..::..String
The password for the specified user.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if the supplied user name and password are valid; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method do not change the current user managed by Visual Guard. You must use the Authenticate(String, String, VGAuthenticationMode) method to change the current user.

This method will update the number of invalid password attempts and can lock out the user if the password is invalid.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::..ArgumentNullExceptionusername or password is null.
System..::..ArgumentExceptionusername is empty or contains invalid chars ('\', '/', '?', '*', '%', ';', ''', '"', ':', '|', '[', ']', '+', '=', ',').

or

user or password is longer than 64 characters.
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.
System..::..NotSupportedException

the repository does not support the VisualGuard or Database mode.

See Also