VGSecurityManager.LoadSecurity Method (String)

Loads the permissions of a user identified by the user name.

public static VGAuthorizationState LoadSecurity(
String name
);

Parameters

name: the name of the user.

Return Value

A VGAuthorizationState representing the state of the authorization

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.

This method check authorization only for Visual Guard user, do not use this method for database or Windows user

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
NotSupportedException	the repository does not support Visual Guard authentication mode.
ArgumentNullException	name is null.
ArgumentException	The name is longer than 64 characters The name is empty.
VGConfigurationException	The 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.

Example

[Visual Basic]
Dim state As VGAuthorizationState
state = VGSecurityManager.LoadSecurity ("myUserName")
If state.IsFailed Then
    If state.IsUserNotFound Then
        MessageBox.Show("Your are not declared in the security repository")
    ElseIf state.IsUserNotAuthorized Then
        MessageBox.Show("Your are not authorized to log on to this application")
    End If
Else
    Application.Run(New MDIForm)
End If