Uri.UserInfo Property (System)

UserInfo Property

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Uri..::.UserInfo Property

Gets the user name, password, or other user-specific information associated with the specified URI.

Namespace: System
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property UserInfo As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Uri
Dim value As String

value = instance.UserInfo

public string UserInfo { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ UserInfo {
    String^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get UserInfo () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String that contains the user information associated with the URI. The returned value does not include the '@' character reserved for delimiting the user information part of the URI.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	This instance represents a relative URI, and this property is valid only for absolute URIs.

Remarks

The value returned by this property is usually in the format "userName:password".

Examples

The following example creates a Uri instance and writes the user information to the console.

Visual Basic

    Dim uriAddress As New Uri("http://user:password@www.contoso.com/index.htm ")
    Console.WriteLine(uriAddress.UserInfo)
    Console.WriteLine("Fully Escaped {0}", IIf(uriAddress.UserEscaped, "yes", "no")) 'TODO: For performance reasons this should be changed to nested IF statements

End Sub 'SampleUserInfo

Uri uriAddress = new Uri ("http://user:password@www.contoso.com/index.htm ");
Console.WriteLine(uriAddress.UserInfo);
Console.WriteLine("Fully Escaped {0}", uriAddress.UserEscaped ? "yes" : "no");

Visual C++

Uri^ uriAddress = gcnew Uri( "http://user:password@www.contoso.com/index.htm " );
Console::WriteLine( uriAddress->UserInfo );
Console::WriteLine( "Fully Escaped {0}",
   uriAddress->UserEscaped ? (String^)"yes" : "no" );

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

Uri Class

Uri Members

System Namespace