ProfileManager.Provider Property

Definition

Gets a reference to the default profile provider for the application.

public:
 static property System::Web::Profile::ProfileProvider ^ Provider { System::Web::Profile::ProfileProvider ^ get(); };
public static System.Web.Profile.ProfileProvider Provider { get; }
static member Provider : System.Web.Profile.ProfileProvider
Public Shared ReadOnly Property Provider As ProfileProvider

Property Value

The default profile provider for the application.

Exceptions

An attempt was made to get the Provider property value without at least Medium permission.

Examples

The following code example lists properties of the default profile provider.

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

public void Page_Load()
{
  ProviderNameLabel.Text        = ProfileManager.Provider.Name;
  ProviderTypeLabel.Text        = ProfileManager.Provider.GetType().ToString();
  ProviderDescriptionLabel.Text = ProfileManager.Provider.Description;
}

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Default Profile Provider Information</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <h3>Default Profile Provider Information</h3>

  <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
    <tr>
      <td>Provider Name</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ProviderNameLabel" runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Provider Type</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ProviderTypeLabel" runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Provider Description</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ProviderDescriptionLabel" runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>


</form>

</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Profile" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

Public Sub Page_Load()
  ProviderNameLabel.Text        = ProfileManager.Provider.Name
  ProviderTypeLabel.Text        = ProfileManager.Provider.GetType().ToString()
  ProviderDescriptionLabel.Text = ProfileManager.Provider.Description
End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Default Profile Provider Information</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <h3>Default Profile Provider Information</h3>

  <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
    <tr>
      <td>Provider Name</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ProviderNameLabel" runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Provider Type</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ProviderTypeLabel" runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Provider Description</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ProviderDescriptionLabel" runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>


</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

The Provider property enables you to reference the default profile provider for an application directly. This is commonly used to access custom members of the profile provider that are not part of the ProfileProvider abstract base class.

Applies to

See also