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<p>Created page with &quot;__NOTOC__ {{Server event}} {{New items|3.0170|1.7.0| This event is triggered before an <a href="/wiki/Account" title="Account">account</a> name is changed using <a href="/wiki/SetAccountName" title="SetAccountName">setAccountName</a>. |25351}} ==Parameters== &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&quot;lua&quot;&gt; account theAccount, string previousName, string newName &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt; *&#039;&#039;&#039;theAccount:&#039;&#039;&#039; The <a href="/wiki/Account" title="Account">account</a> being renamed. *&#039;&#039;&#039;previousName:&#039;&#039;&#039; The account&#039;s current name. *&#039;&#039;&#039;newName:&#039;&#039;&#039; The proposed new account name. ==Source== The <a href="/wiki/Event_system#Event_source" title="Event system">source</a> of thi...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>__NOTOC__<br /> {{Server event}}<br /> {{New items|3.0170|1.7.0|<br /> This event is triggered before an [[account]] name is changed using [[setAccountName]].<br /> |25351}}<br /> <br /> ==Parameters==<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&quot;lua&quot;&gt;<br /> account theAccount, string previousName, string newName<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;theAccount:&#039;&#039;&#039; The [[account]] being renamed.<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;previousName:&#039;&#039;&#039; The account&#039;s current name.<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;newName:&#039;&#039;&#039; The proposed new account name.<br /> <br /> ==Source==<br /> The [[event system#Event source|source]] of this event is the [[root]] element.<br /> <br /> ==Canceling==<br /> If this event is [[Event system#Canceling|canceled]], the account name will not change and [[setAccountName]] will return false.<br /> <br /> ==Example==<br /> This example prevents accounts from being renamed to names starting with &quot;admin&quot;, regardless of capitalization.<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&quot;lua&quot;&gt;<br /> addEventHandler(&quot;onAccountNameChange&quot;, root, function(theAccount, previousName, newName)<br /> if newName:lower():sub(1, 5) == &quot;admin&quot; then<br /> cancelEvent()<br /> outputServerLog(&quot;Blocked account rename from &quot; .. previousName .. &quot; to &quot; .. newName)<br /> end<br /> end)<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Note==<br /> The event runs before the name is changed, so [[getAccountName]] still returns the previous name inside the handler.<br /> <br /> {{See also/Server event|Server events}}</div>

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