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Roles.GetRolesForUser Method

Gets a list of the roles that the currently logged-on user is in.

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

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetRolesForUser As String()

Return Value

Type: System.String()
A string array containing the names of all the roles that the currently logged-on user is in.

ExceptionCondition
System.ArgumentNullException

There is no current logged-on user.

System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException

Role management is not enabled.

The GetRolesForUser method calls the RoleProvider.GetRolesForUser method of the default role provider to retrieve from the data source the roles that the currently logged-on user is in. The currently logged-on user is identified by the HttpContext.User property of the current System.Web.HttpContext, or by Thread.CurrentPrincipal for non-HTTP hosting environments. If no user is logged on, an exception will be thrown. Only the roles for the application that is specified in the ApplicationName property are retrieved.

If CacheRolesInCookie is true, then the results of the GetRolesForUser method may be returned from the role cache rather than the specified role provider.

The following code example uses the GetRolesForUser method to retrieve a list of roles for a specified user and bind the returned roles to a System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridView control. For an example of a Web.config file that enables role management, see Roles.


<%@ 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 rolesArray() As String

Public Sub Page_Load()
  If Not IsPostBack Then
    ' Bind roles to GridView.

    Try
      rolesArray = Roles.GetRolesForUser()
    Catch e As HttpException
      Msg.Text = "There is no current logged on user. Role information cannot be retrieved."
      Return
    End Try

    UserRolesGrid.Columns(0).HeaderText = "Roles for " & User.Identity.Name
    UserRolesGrid.DataSource = rolesArray
    UserRolesGrid.DataBind()
  End If
End Sub

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: View User Roles</title>
</head>
<body>

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

  <h3>View User Roles</h3>

  <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />

  <table border="0" cellspacing="4">
    <tr>
      <td valign="top"><asp:GridView runat="server" CellPadding="4" id="UserRolesGrid" 
                                     AutoGenerateColumns="false" Gridlines="None" 
                                     CellSpacing="0" >
                         <HeaderStyle BackColor="navy" ForeColor="white" />
                         <Columns>
                           <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Roles" >
                             <ItemTemplate>
                               <%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>
                             </ItemTemplate>
                           </asp:TemplateField>
                         </Columns>
                       </asp:GridView></td>
    </tr>
  </table>

</form>

</body>
</html>


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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