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ProcessAuEvents Method—Sets or Retrieves the Authentication Event Flag in the Realm

The ProcessAuEvents method sets or retrieves the authentication event flag in the realm.

Authentication event processing affects performance. If no rules in the realm are triggered by authentication events, set this flag to 0.

Syntax

The ProcessAuEvents method has the following format:

Netegrity::PolicyMgtRealm‑>ProcessAuEvents([authFlag])

Parameters

The ProcessAuEvents method accepts the following parameter:

authFlag (int)

(Optional) Specifies whether authentication events are processed:

• 1 to enable even processing
• 0 to disable event processing

Return Value

The ProcessAuEvents method returns one of the following values:

• 1 if authentication events are to be processed
• 0 if authentication events are not to be processed
• -1 if the call is unsuccessful