Deletes a role specified by its name from the repository.

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#
[ObsoleteAttribute("This method does not work", true)]
public static bool DeleteRole(
	string roleName,
	bool throwOnPopulatedRole
)
Visual Basic
<ObsoleteAttribute("This method does not work", true)> 
Public Shared Function DeleteRole ( 
	roleName As String,
	throwOnPopulatedRole As Boolean
) As Boolean

Parameters

roleName
Type: System..::..String
the name of role to delete.
throwOnPopulatedRole
Type: System..::..Boolean
If true, throws an exception if roleName has one or more members.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if the role was deleted from the repository; otherwise; false.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::..ArgumentNullExceptionroleName is null (Nothing in VB.Net).
System..::..ArgumentExceptionroleName is an empty string or contains invalid chars ('\', '/', '?', '*', '%', ';', ''', '"', ':', '|', '[', ']', '+', '=', ',') or is longer than 64 characters.
System..::..InvalidOperationExceptionthe role is marked as a built-in role or is a shared role.

-or-

the role has one or more members and throwOnPopulatedRole is true.
System.Security..::..SecurityExceptionThe current user has not 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.

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