FormsAuthenticationEventArgs::User Property
Gets or sets the IPrincipal object to be associated with the current request.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
public: property IPrincipal^ User { IPrincipal^ get (); void set (IPrincipal^ value); }
Property Value
Type: System.Security.Principal::IPrincipalThe 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.
- SecurityPermission
for setting the User property value. Demand value: Demand. Permission value: ControlPrincipal.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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