FormsAuthenticationConfiguration.Cookieless Property (System.Web.Configuration)

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FormsAuthenticationConfiguration..::.Cookieless Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether forms-based authentication should use cookies.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("cookieless", DefaultValue := HttpCookieMode.UseDeviceProfile)> _
Public Property Cookieless As HttpCookieMode

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As FormsAuthenticationConfiguration
Dim value As HttpCookieMode

value = instance.Cookieless

instance.Cookieless = value

[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("cookieless", DefaultValue = HttpCookieMode.UseDeviceProfile)]
public HttpCookieMode Cookieless { get; set; }

Visual C++

[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute(L"cookieless", DefaultValue = HttpCookieMode::UseDeviceProfile)]
public:
property HttpCookieMode Cookieless {
    HttpCookieMode get ();
    void set (HttpCookieMode value);
}

JScript

public function get Cookieless () : HttpCookieMode
public function set Cookieless (value : HttpCookieMode)

Property Value

Type: System.Web..::.HttpCookieMode
One of the HttpCookieMode values. The default value is UseDeviceProfile.

Remarks

The Cookieless property defines whether forms-based authentication should use a cookie to exchange user information.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to access the Cookieless property. Refer to the code example in the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class topic to learn how to get the section.

Visual Basic

' Get current Cookieless.
  Dim currentCookieless _
  As System.Web.HttpCookieMode = _
  formsAuthentication.Cookieless

' Set current Cookieless.
formsAuthentication.Cookieless = HttpCookieMode.AutoDetect

// Get current Cookieless.
System.Web.HttpCookieMode currentCookieless = 
    formsAuthentication.Cookieless;

// Set current Cookieless.
formsAuthentication.Cookieless = 
    HttpCookieMode.AutoDetect;

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

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

Reference

FormsAuthenticationConfiguration Class

FormsAuthenticationConfiguration Members

System.Web.Configuration Namespace

Protection

Other Resources

authentication Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

forms Element for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

credentials Element for forms for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

ASP.NET Authentication

Forms Authentication Provider