Login.Authenticate Event

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Occurs when a user is authenticated.

public:
 event System::Web::UI::WebControls::AuthenticateEventHandler ^ Authenticate;

public event System.Web.UI.WebControls.AuthenticateEventHandler Authenticate;

member this.Authenticate : System.Web.UI.WebControls.AuthenticateEventHandler

Public Custom Event Authenticate As AuthenticateEventHandler

Event Type

AuthenticateEventHandler

Examples

The following code example uses the Authenticate event to call site-specific custom authentication code.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
private bool SiteSpecificAuthenticationMethod(string UserName, string Password)
{
    // Insert code that implements a site-specific custom 
    // authentication method here.
    //
    // This example implementation always returns false.
    return false;
}

private void OnAuthenticate(object sender, AuthenticateEventArgs e)
{
    bool Authenticated = false;
    Authenticated = SiteSpecificAuthenticationMethod(Login1.UserName, Login1.Password);

    e.Authenticated = Authenticated;
}

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="form1" runat="server">
            <asp:Login id="Login1" runat="server"
                OnAuthenticate="OnAuthenticate">
            </asp:Login>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
Function SiteSpecificAuthenticationMethod(ByVal UserName As String, ByVal Password As String) As Boolean
    ' Insert code that implements a site-specific custom 
    ' authentication method here.
    '
    ' This example implementation always returns false.
    Return False
End Function

Sub OnAuthenticate(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AuthenticateEventArgs)
    Dim Authenticated As Boolean
    Authenticated = SiteSpecificAuthenticationMethod(Login1.UserName, Login1.Password)

    e.Authenticated = Authenticated
End Sub


</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="form1" runat="server">
            <asp:Login id="Login1" runat="server"
                OnAuthenticate="OnAuthenticate">
            </asp:Login>

        </form>
    </body>
</html>

Remarks

The Authenticate event is raised when a user uses the Login control to log in to a Web site. Custom authentication schemes can use the Authenticate event to authenticate users.

Note

When a user uses the Login control to log in to a Web site, all data in the view state and all post data is lost. Do not perform actions in the Authenticate event that rely on the view state.

For more information about handling events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Notes to Inheritors

Custom authentication schemes should set the Authenticated property to true to indicate that a user has been authenticated.

When a user submits their login information, the Login control first raises the LoggingIn event, then the Authenticate event, and finally the LoggedIn event.

Applies to