MembershipUser.LastActivityDate Property (System.Web.Security)

LastActivityDate Property

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.NET Framework Class Library

MembershipUser..::.LastActivityDate Property

Gets or sets the date and time when the membership user was last authenticated or accessed the application.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable Property LastActivityDate As DateTime

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As MembershipUser
Dim value As DateTime

value = instance.LastActivityDate

instance.LastActivityDate = value

public virtual DateTime LastActivityDate { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property DateTime LastActivityDate {
    DateTime get ();
    void set (DateTime value);
}

JScript

public function get LastActivityDate () : DateTime
public function set LastActivityDate (value : DateTime)

Property Value

Type: System..::.DateTime
The date and time when the membership user was last authenticated or accessed the application.

Remarks

The LastActivityDate for a user is updated to the current date and time by the CreateUser and ValidateUser methods, and can be updated by some overloads of the GetUser method. You can use the UpdateUser method to set the LastActivityDate property to a specific date and time.

The LastActivityDate is used to determine whether a user is online. A user is considered online if the current date and time minus the UserIsOnlineTimeWindow property value is earlier than the LastActivityDate for the user.

The SqlMembershipProvider sets the CreationDate, LastLoginDate, LastActivityDate, and LastPasswordChangedDate date to the same date and time when a membership user is created by the CreateUser method.

Note:
The LastActivityDate for a user is updated by the classes in the System.Web.Profile and the System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts namespaces whenever user data is retrieved from or set at the data source. If your application uses the same data source to store user information, and your ProfileProvider and PersonalizationProvider are configured with the same applicationName as your MembershipProvider, then the LastActivityDate and IsOnline properties of the user will reflect this behavior.

Note:

The LastActivityDate for a user is updated by the classes in the System.Web.Profile and the System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts namespaces whenever user data is retrieved from or set at the data source. If your application uses the same data source to store user information, and your ProfileProvider and PersonalizationProvider are configured with the same applicationName as your MembershipProvider, then the LastActivityDate and IsOnline properties of the user will reflect this behavior.

Examples

The following code example displays all membership user names in a ListBox control and uses labels to show specific membership information for the selected user name, including the LastActivityDate property value for the membership user.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

Dim users As MembershipUserCollection

Public Sub Page_Load()
  users = Membership.GetAllUsers()

  If Not IsPostBack Then
    ' Bind users to ListBox.
    UsersListBox.DataSource = users
    UsersListBox.DataBind()
  End If


  ' If a user is selected, show the properties for the selected user.

  If Not UsersListBox.SelectedItem Is Nothing Then
    Dim u As MembershipUser = users(UsersListBox.SelectedItem.Value)

    EmailLabel.Text = u.Email
    IsOnlineLabel.Text = u.IsOnline.ToString()
    LastLoginDateLabel.Text = u.LastLoginDate.ToString()
    CreationDateLabel.Text = u.CreationDate.ToString()
    LastActivityDateLabel.Text = u.LastActivityDate.ToString()
  End If
End Sub

</script>
<html  >
<head>
<title>Sample: View User Information</title>
</head>
<body>

<form runat="server" id="PageForm">

  <h3>View User Information</h3>

  <table border="0" cellspacing="4">
    <tr>
      <td valign="top">
        <asp:ListBox id="UsersListBox" DataTextField="Username" 
                     Rows="8" AutoPostBack="true" runat="server" />
      </td>
      <td valign="top">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
          <tr>
           <td>E-mail:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="EmailLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>Is Online?:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="IsOnlineLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>LastLoginDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="LastLoginDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>CreationDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="CreationDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>LastActivityDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="LastActivityDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

</form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

MembershipUserCollection users;

public void Page_Load()
{
  users = Membership.GetAllUsers();

  if (!IsPostBack)
  {
    // Bind users to ListBox.
    UsersListBox.DataSource = users;
    UsersListBox.DataBind();
  }


  // If a user is selected, show the properties for the selected user.

  if (UsersListBox.SelectedItem != null)
  {
    MembershipUser u = users[UsersListBox.SelectedItem.Value];

    EmailLabel.Text = u.Email;
    IsOnlineLabel.Text = u.IsOnline.ToString();
    LastLoginDateLabel.Text = u.LastLoginDate.ToString();
    CreationDateLabel.Text = u.CreationDate.ToString();
    LastActivityDateLabel.Text = u.LastActivityDate.ToString();
  }
}

</script>
<html  >
<head>
<title>Sample: View User Information</title>
</head>
<body>

<form runat="server" id="PageForm">

  <h3>View User Information</h3>

  <table border="0" cellspacing="4">
    <tr>
      <td valign="top">
        <asp:ListBox id="UsersListBox" DataTextField="Username" 
                     Rows="8" AutoPostBack="true" runat="server" />
      </td>
      <td valign="top">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
          <tr>
           <td>E-mail:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="EmailLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>Is Online?:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="IsOnlineLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>LastLoginDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="LastLoginDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>CreationDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="CreationDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>LastActivityDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="LastActivityDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

</form>

</body>
</html>

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

MembershipUser Class

MembershipUser Members

System.Web.Security Namespace

Other Resources

Introduction to Membership