Block or unblock a user

An individual user in the project security system may be completely blocked from accessing the project, and a blocked may subsequently be unblocked.

A user may be blocked in the following ways:

• By manually selecting the User is blocked option in the User Account dialog box

  

• By calling the BlockUser function during run time

• Automatically if the user enters the wrong password too many times. (The number of attempts allowed is configured in the Group Account dialog box.)

To check whether a user is blocked, do one of the following:

• Look at the user icon in the Project Explorer. A blocked user has this icon: .

  

• Call the GetUserState function during run time.

To unblock a blocked user, do one of the following:

• Clear the User is blocked option in the User Account dialog box; or

• Call the UnblockUser function during run time.