MembershipUser.UnlockUser Method (System.Web.Security)

UnlockUser Method

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.NET Framework Class Library

MembershipUser..::.UnlockUser Method

Updated: November 2007

Clears the locked-out state of the user so that the membership user can be validated.

Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable Function UnlockUser As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As MembershipUser
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = instance.UnlockUser()

public virtual bool UnlockUser()

Visual C++

public:
virtual bool UnlockUser()

public boolean UnlockUser()

JScript

public function UnlockUser() : boolean

Return Value

Type: System..::.Boolean

true if the membership user was successfully unlocked; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Users are most commonly locked out and cannot be validated by the ValidateUser method when the MaxInvalidPasswordAttempts is reached within the PasswordAttemptWindow.

Users can also be locked out if you use the GetPassword or ResetPassword overload that accepts a password answer and the number of bad answers entered by the user reaches the value of Membership..::.MaxInvalidPasswordAttempts within the Membership..::.PasswordAttemptWindow.

Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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