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NetworkCredential Constructor (String^, SecureString^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Initializes a new instance of the NetworkCredential class with the specified user name and password.

Namespace:   System.Net
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

public:
NetworkCredential(
	String^ userName,
	SecureString^ password
)

Parameters

userName
Type: System::String^

The user name associated with the credentials.

password
Type: System.Security::SecureString^

The password for the user name associated with the credentials.

Exception Condition
NotSupportedException

The SecureString class is not supported on this platform.

The constructor initializes a NetworkCredential object with the UserName property set to userName and the Password property set to password.

The password parameter is a SecureString instance.

If this constructor is called with the password parameter set to null, a new instance of SecureString is initialized, If secure strings are not supported on this platform, then the NotSupportedException is thrown

.NET Framework
Available since 4.0
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