VGMembership.ValidateUser Method

Verifies that the supplied user name and password are valid.

public static bool ValidateUser(
String username,
String password
);

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

This method do not change the current user managed by Visual Guard. You must use the Authenticate 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.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	username or password is null.
ArgumentException	username or password is empty or is longer than 64 characters after trimming.