FormsAuthenticationModule.Authenticate Event

Occurs when the application authenticates the current request.

Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

'Declaration
Public Event Authenticate As FormsAuthenticationEventHandler
'Usage
Dim instance As FormsAuthenticationModule
Dim handler As FormsAuthenticationEventHandler

AddHandler instance.Authenticate, handler

/** @event */
public void add_Authenticate (FormsAuthenticationEventHandler value)

/** @event */
public void remove_Authenticate (FormsAuthenticationEventHandler value)

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The Authenticate event is raised during the AuthenticateRequest event.

You can handle the Authenticate event of the FormsAuthenticationModule class by specifying a subroutine named FormsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate in the Global.asax file for your ASP.NET application.

You can use the FormsAuthenticationEventArgsUser property supplied to the FormsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate event 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 FormsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate event is only raised when the authentication mode is set to Forms in the authentication Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) element of the application's configuration file and the FormsAuthenticationModule is an active HTTP module for the application.

The following code 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

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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