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MembershipUser.ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer(String, String, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.Security
Assembly:
System.Web.dll
Assembly:
System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll

Updates the password question and answer for the membership user in the membership data store.

public:
 virtual bool ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer(System::String ^ password, System::String ^ newPasswordQuestion, System::String ^ newPasswordAnswer);
public virtual bool ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer(string password, string newPasswordQuestion, string newPasswordAnswer);
abstract member ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer : string * string * string -> bool
override this.ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer : string * string * string -> bool
Public Overridable Function ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer (password As String, newPasswordQuestion As String, newPasswordAnswer As String) As Boolean

Parameters

password
String

The current password for the membership user.

newPasswordQuestion
String

The new password question value for the membership user.

newPasswordAnswer
String

The new password answer value for the membership user.

Returns

Boolean

true if the update was successful; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

password is an empty string.

-or-

newPasswordQuestion is an empty string.

-or-

newPasswordAnswer is an empty string.

ArgumentNullException

password is null.

PlatformNotSupportedException

This method is not available. This can occur if the application targets the .NET Framework 4 Client Profile. To prevent this exception, override the method, or change the application to target the full version of the .NET Framework.

Examples

The following code example updates the password question and answer for the current logged-on user.

Important

This example contains a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  public void ChangePasswordQuestion_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
  {
    try
    {
      MembershipUser u = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name);
      Boolean result = u.ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer(PasswordTextbox.Text,
                                        QuestionTextbox.Text,
                                        AnswerTextbox.Text);

      if (result)
        Msg.Text = "Password Question and Answer changed.";
      else
        Msg.Text = "Password Question and Answer change failed.";
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
      Msg.Text = "Change failed. Please re-enter your values and try again.";
    }
  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
  <title>Sample: Change Password Question and Answer</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <h3>
      Change Password Question and Answer for
      <%=User.Identity.Name%>
    </h3>
    <asp:Label ID="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
    <table cellpadding="3" border="0">
      <tr>
        <td>
          Password:</td>
        <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="PasswordTextbox" runat="server" TextMode="Password" /></td>
        <td>
          <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="OldPasswordRequiredValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="PasswordTextbox"
            ForeColor="red" Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          New Password Question:</td>
        <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="QuestionTextbox" MaxLength="256" Columns="60" runat="server" /></td>
        <td>
          <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="QuestionRequiredValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="QuestionTextbox"
            ForeColor="red" Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          New Password Answer:</td>
        <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="AnswerTextbox" MaxLength="128" Columns="60" runat="server" /></td>
        <td>
          <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="AnswerRequiredValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="AnswerTextbox"
            ForeColor="red" Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
        </td>
        <td>
          <asp:Button ID="ChangePasswordQuestionButton" Text="Change Password Question and Answer"
            OnClick="ChangePasswordQuestion_OnClick" runat="server" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </form>
</body>
</html>


<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Public Sub ChangePasswordQuestion_OnClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As EventArgs)
    Try
      Dim u As MembershipUser = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name)
      Dim result As Boolean
      result = u.ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer(PasswordTextbox.Text, _
                                      QuestionTextbox.Text, _
                                      AnswerTextbox.Text)
  
      If (result = True) Then
        Msg.Text = "Password Question and Answer changed."
      Else
        Msg.Text = "Password Question and Answer change failed."
      End If
      
    Catch e As Exception
      Msg.Text = "Change failed. Please re-enter your values and try again."
    End Try
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
  <title>Sample: Change Password Question and Answer</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <h3>
      Change Password Question and Answer for
      <%=User.Identity.Name%>
    </h3>
    <asp:Label ID="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
    <table cellpadding="3" border="0">
      <tr>
        <td>
          Password:</td>
        <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="PasswordTextbox" runat="server" TextMode="Password" /></td>
        <td>
          <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="OldPasswordRequiredValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="PasswordTextbox"
            ForeColor="red" Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          New Password Question:</td>
        <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="QuestionTextbox" MaxLength="256" Columns="60" runat="server" /></td>
        <td>
          <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="QuestionRequiredValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="QuestionTextbox"
            ForeColor="red" Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          New Password Answer:</td>
        <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="AnswerTextbox" MaxLength="128" Columns="60" runat="server" /></td>
        <td>
          <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="AnswerRequiredValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="AnswerTextbox"
            ForeColor="red" Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
        </td>
        <td>
          <asp:Button ID="ChangePasswordQuestionButton" Text="Change Password Question and Answer"
            OnClick="ChangePasswordQuestion_OnClick" runat="server" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer calls the ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer method of the membership provider referenced by the ProviderName property to update the password question and answer for the membership user in the membership data store.

The membership provider may have restrictions on the size of the password question and answer. For size limitations, see the documentation for the membership provider.

Applies to

See also