ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider.ValidateUser Method (String, String)

 

Authenticates a user by using the specified user name and password.

Namespace:   System.Web.ClientServices.Providers
Assembly:  System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)

Public Overrides Function ValidateUser (
	username As String,
	password As String
) As Boolean

Parameters

username
Type: System.String

The name of the user to authenticate, or Empty or null to retrieve credentials from the IClientFormsAuthenticationCredentialsProvider implementation that this application is configured to use.

password
Type: System.String

The password of the user to authenticate.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean

true if the user was authenticated; otherwise, false.

Exception Condition
WebException

The IsOffline property value is false and the membership provider is unable to access the authentication service.

You can use client application services to validate users by using forms authentication. To validate users, you will typically call the static Membership.ValidateUser method, which internally calls the ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider.ValidateUser method. Alternatively, you can call this method directly, as shown in the Example section.

Forms authentication requires that the user specify their credentials through login controls provided by your application. You can retrieve the credentials and pass them to the Membership.ValidateUser method. You can also pass in empty strings or null to use a credentials provider. For more information, see How to: Implement User Login with Client Application Services.

The following example code demonstrates how to use this method to validate the user by using an IClientFormsAuthenticationCredentialsProvider implementation. This example requires that you to configure your application to use a credentials provider. For more information, see How to: Configure Client Application Services.

Private Function ValidateUsingCredentialsProvider() As Boolean

    Dim isAuthorized As Boolean = False

    Try

        Dim authProvider As ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider = _
            CType(System.Web.Security.Membership.Provider,  _
            ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider)

        ' Call ValidateUser with empty strings in order to display the 
        ' login dialog box configured as a credentials provider.
        isAuthorized = authProvider.ValidateUser(String.Empty, String.Empty)

    Catch ex As System.Net.WebException

        MessageBox.Show("Unable to access the authentication service.", _
            "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning)

    End Try

    If Not isAuthorized Then

        MessageBox.Show("Unable to authenticate.", "Not logged in", _
            MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        Application.Exit()

    End If

    Return isAuthorized

End Function

.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
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