AuthenticationService::CreatingCookie Event
Occurs when the authentication cookie is being set.
Assembly: System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)
The following example shows how to bind an event handler to the CreatingCookie event in the Application_Start method of the Global.asax file.
The following example shows an event handler for the CreatingCookie event in the Global.asax file. The event handler customizes the authentication cookie by adding the value in the CustomCredential property to the UserData property. Store the CustomCredential property in a cookie only if you know that the data in the property is not sensitive. Malicious users can access the values in the cookie.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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