System.Web.Profile Namespace
The ASP.NET profile is used to store and retrieve user settings in a data source such as a database. Profile information and property values are managed using a profile provider and can be stored in a Microsoft SQL Server database using the SqlProfileProvider class, or in a custom data source using an implementation of the ProfileProvider abstract class.
The ASP.NET profile is configured using the profile configuration section.
When an application that has the user profile enabled is started, ASP.NET creates a new class of type ProfileCommon, which inherits from the ProfileBase class. Strongly typed accessors are added to the ProfileCommon class for each property defined in the profile configuration section. An instance of the ProfileCommon class is set as the value of the Profile property of the current HttpContext object. You can create a custom profile implementation that inherits from the ProfileBase abstract class and defines properties for the user profile that are not specified in the profile configuration element.
| Class | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CustomProviderDataAttribute | |
| DefaultProfile | Represents a user-profile instance when no profile properties are defined. |
| ProfileAutoSaveEventArgs | |
| ProfileBase | Provides untyped access to profile property values and information. |
| ProfileEventArgs | |
| ProfileGroupBase | |
| ProfileInfo | Provides information about a user profile. |
| ProfileInfoCollection | |
| ProfileManager | Manages user profile data and settings. |
| ProfileMigrateEventArgs | |
| ProfileModule | |
| ProfileProvider | Defines the contract that ASP.NET implements to provide profile services using custom profile providers. |
| ProfileProviderAttribute | |
| ProfileProviderCollection | A collection of objects that inherit the ProfileProvider abstract class. |
| SettingsAllowAnonymousAttribute | Identifies whether a profile property can be set or accessed for an anonymous user. |
| SqlProfileProvider | Manages storage of profile information for an ASP.NET application in a SQL Server database. |
| Delegate | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ProfileAutoSaveEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the ProfileAutoSaving event of a ProfileModule. |
| ProfileEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the Personalize event of a ProfileModule. |
| ProfileMigrateEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the MigrateAnonymous event of the ProfileModule class. |
| Enumeration | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ProfileAuthenticationOption |