Login.OnAuthenticate Method (AuthenticateEventArgs)

 

Raises the Authenticate event to authenticate the user.

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

Protected Overridable Sub OnAuthenticate (
	e As AuthenticateEventArgs
)

Parameters

e
Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.AuthenticateEventArgs

An AuthenticateEventArgs that contains the event data.

The OnAuthenticate method raises the Authenticate event. Use the Authenticate event to implement a custom authentication scheme.

Raising an event invokes the event handler through a delegate. For more information, see NIB: Raising an Event.

The OnAuthenticate method also allows derived classes to handle the event without attaching a delegate. This is the preferred technique for handling the event in a derived class.

Notes to Inheritors:

When overriding OnAuthenticate in a derived class, be sure to call the base class's OnAuthenticate method so that registered delegates receive the event.

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

<%@ 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">
    ' This custom login control overloads the OnAuthenticate method
    ' to call a site-specific authentication method.
    Class CustomLogin
        Inherits Login

        Private 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

        Overloads Sub OnAuthenticate(ByVal e As AuthenticateEventArgs)
            Dim Authenticated As Boolean
            Authenticated = SiteSpecificAuthenticationMethod(UserName, Password)

            e.Authenticated = Authenticated
        End Sub
    End Class

    ' Add the custom login control to the page.
    Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim loginControl As New CustomLogin

        loginControl.ID = "loginControl"

        PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(loginControl)
    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:placeholder id="PlaceHolder1" runat="server"></asp:placeholder>

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

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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