ValidatePasswordEventArgs.FailureInformation Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Security

Assembly:

System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll

Gets or sets an exception that describes the reason for the password-validation failure.

public:
 property Exception ^ FailureInformation { Exception ^ get(); void set(Exception ^ value); };

public Exception FailureInformation { get; set; }

member this.FailureInformation : Exception with get, set

Public Property FailureInformation As Exception

Property Value

Exception

An Exception that describes the reason for the password-validation failure.

Examples

The following code example shows a ValidatingPassword event that validates the format of the password for the user and cancels the action if the password does not match the required format.

public void Page_Load()
{
  Membership.ValidatingPassword +=
    new MembershipValidatePasswordEventHandler(OnValidatePassword);
}

public void OnValidatePassword(object sender,
                              ValidatePasswordEventArgs args)
{
  System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex r =
    new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(@"(?=.{6,})(?=(.*\d){1,})(?=(.*\W){1,})");


  if (!r.IsMatch(args.Password))
  {
    args.FailureInformation =
      new HttpException("Password must be at least 6 characters long and " +
                        "contain at least one number and one special character.");
    args.Cancel = true;
  }
}

Public Sub Page_Load()
    AddHandler Membership.ValidatingPassword, _
    New MembershipValidatePasswordEventHandler(AddressOf OnValidatePassword)
End Sub

Public Sub OnValidatePassword(sender As Object, _
                               args As ValidatePasswordEventArgs)
  Dim r As System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex =  _
    New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("(?=.{6,})(?=(.*\d){1,})(?=(.*\W){1,})")
         

  If Not r.IsMatch(args.Password) Then
    args.FailureInformation = _
      New HttpException("Password must be at least 6 characters long and " & _
                        "contain at least one number and one special character.")
    args.Cancel = True
  End If
End Sub

Remarks

The FailureInformation property is used when the current CreateUser, ChangePassword, or ResetPassword action has been canceled by setting the Cancel property to true.

The FailureInformation property is set to an exception that describes the reason for the password-validation failure. The calling method will throw the exception that the FailureInformation property is set to. If the FailureInformation property is null, the caller will throw a generic password-validation failure exception.

See also

• Introduction to ASP.NET Membership