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SelectingProviderEventArgs::ProviderName Property

Gets or sets the role provider to use for retrieving the user's roles.

Namespace:  System.Web.ApplicationServices
Assembly:  System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)

public:
property String^ ProviderName {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String
The name of the role provider that is used to get the user's roles.

You use the ProviderName property to set the role provider during the SelectingProvider event.

The following example shows an event handler for the SelectingProvider event. The event handler uses the SelectingProviderEventArgs object to check the user name and to set the role provider to use. The event handler is bound to the SelectingProvider event in the Application_Start method of the Global.asax file.

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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5
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