System.Web.Security Namespace   FormsAuthentication Class

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Attempts to validate the credentials against those contained in the configured credential store, given the supplied credentials.

[ VB ]
Public Shared Function Authenticate ( _
   name As String, _
   password As String _
 ) As Boolean

[ C# ]
public static bool Authenticate (
   string name,
   string password
);

[ C++ ]
public: static bool Authenticate (
   String* name,
   String* password
);

[ JScript ]
public static function Authenticate (
   name : String,
   password : String
 ) : Boolean;

name

The user name

password

The user password.

true if the credentials are valid, otherwise returns false.

FormsAuthentication Members

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