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CreateUserWizard.Question Property

Gets or sets the password recovery confirmation question entered by the user.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

'Declaration
<ThemeableAttribute(False)> _
Public Overridable Property Question As String
'Usage
Dim instance As CreateUserWizard 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.Question

instance.Question = value
<asp:CreateUserWizard Question="String" />

Property Value

Type: System.String
The password recovery confirmation question entered by the user. The default value is an empty string ("").

The membership provider specified in the MembershipProvider property will determine whether the Question and Answer text boxes are displayed at run time. Each text box displayed on the CreateUserWizard control has a RequiredFieldValidator associated with it.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins Overview.

The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and ASP.NET Globalization and Localization.

The following code example modifies the e-mail message in the SendingMail event to include the user's password recovery confirmation question in the message sent to new users.

<%@ Page Language="VB"%>
<%@ Import namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim createUser As New CustomCreateUserWizard
    Placeholder1.Controls.Add(createUser)
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>CreateUserWizard.OnSendingMail sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:placeholder id="Placeholder1" runat="server" >
      </asp:placeholder>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


...


Imports System
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Security.Permissions

Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls
  <AspNetHostingPermission(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand, _
    Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
  <AspNetHostingPermission(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, _
    Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
  Public Class CustomCreateUserWizard
    Inherits CreateUserWizard

    Public Sub New()
      Me.MailDefinition.BodyFileName = "MailFile.txt"
      Me.MailDefinition.From = "userAdmin@your.site.name.here"
    End Sub

    Protected Overloads Sub OnSendingMail(ByVal e As MailMessageEventArgs)
      e.Message.Subject = "New user on Web site."
      ' Replace placeholder text in message body with information
      '  provided by the user.
      e.Message.Body.Replace("<%PasswordQuestion%>", Me.Question)
      e.Message.Body.Replace("<%PasswordAnswer%>", Me.Answer)

      MyBase.OnSendingMail(e)
    End Sub
  End Class
End Namespace

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

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, 3.0, 2.0
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