UserManager.CreateUser<TUser>(IObjectSpace, String, String, Action<TUser>) Method

Creates a new user with the specified settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security

Declaration

C#

public UserResult<TUser> CreateUser<TUser>(
    IObjectSpace objectSpace,
    string userName,
    string password,
    Action<TUser> customizeUser = null
)
    where TUser : class, ISecurityUserWithLoginInfo, IAuthenticationStandardUser

VB.NET

Public Function CreateUser(Of TUser As {Class, ISecurityUserWithLoginInfo, IAuthenticationStandardUser})(
    objectSpace As IObjectSpace,
    userName As String,
    password As String,
    customizeUser As Action(Of TUser) = Nothing
) As UserResult(Of TUser)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
objectSpace	IObjectSpace	An Object Space used to create the user.
userName	String	A user name for the new user.
password	String	A password for the new user.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
customizeUser	Action<TUser>	null	A delegate method used to additionally customize the created user object.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TUser	A user object type.

Returns

Type	Description
DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security.UserResult<TUser>	An object that contains the result of the user creation operation.

Remarks

Use this method to create and customize a new application user as the following code snippet demonstrates:

File: MySolution.Module/DatabaseUpdate/Updater.cs

C#

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security;
// ...
public class Updater : ModuleUpdater {
    // ...
    public override void UpdateDatabaseAfterUpdateSchema() {
        base.UpdateDatabaseAfterUpdateSchema();
        UserManager userManager = ObjectSpace.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<UserManager>();
        // If a user named 'User' doesn't exist in the database, create this user.
        if(userManager.FindUserByName<ApplicationUser>(ObjectSpace, "User") == null) {
            // Set a password if the standard authentication type is used.
            string EmptyPassword = "";
            var userCreationResult = userManager.CreateUser<ApplicationUser>(ObjectSpace, "User", EmptyPassword, (user) => {
                // Add the Users role to the user
                user.Roles.Add(defaultRole);
            });
            // ...
        }
        // ...
        ObjectSpace.CommitChanges(); // This line persists created object(s).
    }
}

The CreateUser method returns a UserResult object. This object exposes the following properties:

Succeeded

A boolean property that indicates whether or not a user was created successfully.

User

The created user object.

Error

If user creation fails, this property contains the resulting Exception.