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VGSecurityManagerLoadSecurity Method (String, VGAuthenticationMode, Boolean)

Loads the permissions of a user identified by the user name by using the specified authentication mode.

Namespace:  Novalys.VisualGuard.Security
Assembly:  Novalys.VisualGuard.Security (in Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll) Version: 2019.1.831.19 (2019.1.0831.19)
Syntax
public static VGAuthorizationState LoadSecurity(
	string name,
	VGAuthenticationMode mode,
	bool isAuthenticated
)

Parameters

name
Type: SystemString
the name of the user.
mode
Type: Novalys.VisualGuard.SecurityVGAuthenticationMode
the authentication mode used indicating the type of the user (Database or VisualGuard).
isAuthenticated
Type: SystemBoolean
Indicates that the given user has been authenticated.

Return Value

Type: VGAuthorizationState
A VGAuthorizationState representing the state of the authorization
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
NotSupportedException

the repository does not support the specified authentication mode.

ArgumentNullException

name is null.

ArgumentException

The name is longer than 64 characters

The name is empty.

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.
Remarks
If a user has more than one role in the application, you can use the PermissionsLoading event to allow the user to select a role in the granted roles list. By default, Visual Guard will create permission set that will be a union of all permision sets granted to the roles.
Examples
VGAuthorizationState state = VGSecurityManager.LoadSecurity ("myUserName", VGAuthenticationMode.Database, true);
if (state.IsFailed)
{
    if (state.IsUserNotFound)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Your are not declared in the security repository");
    }
    elseif (state.IsUserNotAuthorized)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Your are not authorized to log on to this application")
    }
}
else
{
    Application.Run(new MDIForm())
}
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