VGSecurityRuntime.Authenticate Method (String, String)

Authenticates a user by using Visual Guard or Database authentication mode.

public VGAuthenticationState Authenticate(
String name,
String password
);

A VGAuthenticationState indicating if the authentication succeeds or not.

For more information about this method, you can see Authenticate.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentException	the name is an empty string or is longer than 64 characters. - or- the password is longer than 64 characters.
ArgumentNullException	The name or the password is `null (Nothing in VB)`.
NotSupportedException	the repository does not support Visual Guard or Database authentication mode. 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.