FormsAuthenticationEventArgs.User Property
.NET Framework 3.0
Gets or sets the IPrincipal object to be associated with the current request.
Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
'Declaration Public Property User As IPrincipal 'Usage Dim instance As FormsAuthenticationEventArgs Dim value As IPrincipal value = instance.User instance.User = value
/** @property */ public IPrincipal get_User () /** @property */ public void set_User (IPrincipal value)
public function get User () : IPrincipal public function set User (value : IPrincipal)
Not applicable.
Property Value
The IPrincipal object to be associated with the current request.You can use the User property to set the User property of the current HttpContext to a custom IPrincipal object.
If you do not specify a value for the User property during the FormsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate event, the identity supplied by the forms authentication ticket in the cookie or URL is used.
The following example uses the FormsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate event to set the User property of the current HttpContext to a GenericPrincipal object with a custom Identity.
Public Sub FormsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate(sender As Object, _ args As FormsAuthenticationEventArgs) If FormsAuthentication.CookiesSupported Then If Not Request.Cookies(FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName) Is Nothing Then Try Dim ticket As FormsAuthenticationTicket = FormsAuthentication.Decrypt( _ Request.Cookies(FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName).Value) args.User = New System.Security.Principal.GenericPrincipal( _ New Samples.AspNet.Security.MyFormsIdentity(ticket), _ New String(0) {}) Catch e As HttpException ' Decrypt method failed. End Try End If Else Throw New Exception("Cookieless Forms Authentication is not " & _ "supported for this application.") End If End Sub
- SecurityPermission for setting the User property value. Demand value: Demand. Permission value: ControlPrincipal.
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