Partially answering my own question, this link has some good information and
C# samples:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20020906.asp
msdn article on C# and forms-based auth:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...301240&SD=MSDN
Very good basic discussion of ASP.NET 1.x authentication methods
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/110701-1.shtml
The end of this page addresses the question of managing visibility by roles:
http://www.xoc.net/works/tips/forms-authentication.asp
This page has C# samples that also set visibiliity based on roles:
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/formsroleauth.asp
Authentication in 2.0:
http://www.awprofessional.com/articl...e.asp?p=351414
-KF
<kenfine@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
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> Thank you. Can someone show me some code?
>
> Specifically, I'm wondering what object or widget or attribute I inspect
> to make the determination about whether visiblility should be on or off.
>
> Thanks,
> -KF
>
>
> "Jacek Stawicki" <JacekStawicki@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:40266011-11A7-476F-A534-350968FCFFC7@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>I think that metodology for this issue is everywhere the same! Just try
>> manipulate with some controls e.g. Panel, set property Visible=true when
>> user
>> is logged and Visible=false where not.
>> In ASP.Net 2.0. you have pretty nice WebControl LoginView:
>>
http://beta.asp.net/QUICKSTART/aspne...loginview.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> C# Dev
>>
>>
>> "kenfine@u.washington.edu" wrote:
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>>> One thing I did a lot of in Classic ASP involved showing page elements
>>> conditionally based on whether a user was logged in or not. Logged in
>>> users
>>> or "superusers" would get more content and/or more controls if my pages
>>> detected their login. Non-logged in users would also get some page
>>> content
>>> at a given URL, but the protected content was hidden from them.
>>>
>>> I would like to know generally how this is done in ASP.NET. I'm
>>> particularly
>>> interested in understanding how you make this happen within the froms
>>> authentication/authorization framework that's built into ASP.NET 1.1 or
>>> 2.0.
>>>
>>> Lots of tutorials online show me how to boot people off page and back to
>>> login if they aren't logged in. This isn't what I want. I'd like to show
>>> non-logged in folks a minimal version of the page, and show logged-in
>>> folks
>>> a lot more.
>>>
>>> Pretty sure this is a simple thing involving a session variable or
>>> somesuch.
>>> Can someone point the way to the best practice?
>>>
>>> -KF
>>>
>>>
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