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ValidatePassword Method—Validates Password

The ValidatePassword method determines whether the user's password conforms to the password policy. Call ValidatePassword before calling the method SetPassword.

Syntax

The ValidatePassword method has the following format:

Netegrity::PolicyMgtUser‑>ValidatePassword(password)

Parameters

The ValidatePassword method accepts the following parameters:

password (string)

Specifies the password to validate.

Return Value

The ValidatePassword method returns one of the following values:

• value = 0

  Specifies that the password is valid.

• value = -1

  Specifies that the password is not valid.