GetMachineCredentials Method

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Retrieve a password from local machine-wide storage.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Function GetMachineCredentials( _
   ByVal key As String, _
   ByRef account As String, _
   ByRef password As String _
) As Boolean

bool GetMachineCredentials( 
   string key,
   out string account,
   out string password
)

Parameters

key: The unique name of the credentials stored
account: The account name that was stored encrypted
password: The password that was stored encrypted

Return Value

True if the credentials were found with the specified name, false otherwise

Remarks

Passwords are stored using the ProtectedData class to encrypt them such that they can only be decrypted on the same computer.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

IRepositoryConfiguration Interface
IRepositoryConfiguration Members

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