FormsLoginPage.SignIn Method

Attempts to sign in to the STS with a user name and password.

Namespace: Microsoft.IdentityServer.Web.UI
Assembly: Microsoft.IdentityServer (in Microsoft.IdentityServer)

Usage

'Usage
Dim userName As String
Dim password As String

Me.SignIn(userName, password)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Sub SignIn ( _
    userName As String, _
    password As String _
)
protected void SignIn (
    string userName,
    string password
)
protected:
void SignIn (
    String^ userName, 
    String^ password
)
protected void SignIn (
    String userName, 
    String password
)
protected function SignIn (
    userName : String, 
    password : String
)

Parameters

  • userName
    The user name to use to log in to the STS.
  • password
    The password to use to log in to the STS.

Exceptions

Exception type Condition
AuthenticationFailedException

username is null.

-or-

The attempt to authenticate with the user name and password fails.

Remarks

For more information about this class and code samples, see FormsLoginPage Class Overview.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

See Also

Reference

FormsLoginPage Class
FormsLoginPage Members
Microsoft.IdentityServer.Web.UI Namespace

Other Resources

FormsLoginPage Class Overview