ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.GetUser Method (Object, Boolean)
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
public MembershipUser GetUser ( Object providerUserKey, boolean userIsOnline )
public override function GetUser ( providerUserKey : Object, userIsOnline : boolean ) : MembershipUser
Not applicable.
Parameters
- providerUserKey
The unique identifier for the user.
- userIsOnline
The GetUser method ignores this parameter.
Return Value
A MembershipUser instance representing the user specified. If no user is found in the Active Directory data store for the specified providerUserKey value, a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is returned.| Exception type | Condition |
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The GetUser method is called before the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider instance is initialized. | |
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providerUserKey is not of type SecurityIdentifier. | |
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providerUserKey is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). |
The GetUser method is called by the Membership class to retrieve information on the specified user from the Active Directory data store.
The search looks for a user instance where the objectSID attribute matches the providerUserKey parameter.
The provider uses a subtree search starting at the search point specified in the connection string. See the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider class topic for more information about connection strings.