Context.user not retaining it's value

[John Kraft]

I'm attempting to use the context.user object. In my login code, I add
an identity to the context.user. I can use the debugger to watch it
stuff the identity into the context.user object, but when I later try to
check the context.user.identity.name it contains the empty string ("").

Does anyone know why this would be the case?

John

[S. Justin Gengo]

John,

The context object is recreated every page load.

Are you trying to use it later in the code, on a different page, or on
postback to the same page?

Sincerely,

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"John Kraft" <jh*****@ilstu.edu> wrote in message
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I'm attempting to use the context.user object. In my login code, I add
an identity to the context.user. I can use the debugger to watch it
stuff the identity into the context.user object, but when I later try to
check the context.user.identity.name it contains the empty string ("").

Does anyone know why this would be the case?

John

[John Kraft]

John Saunders wrote:

"John Kraft" <jh*****@ilstu.edu> wrote in message
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S. Justin Gengo wrote:

John,

The context object is recreated every page load.

Are you trying to use it later in the code, on a different page, or on
postback to the same page?

Sincerely,

Well, that would certainly explain it.

Here's the dealio...
I am currently using(attempting to use) forms authentication on a site.
We have only certain directories which need to have the user log in.
What I wanted to do was put a little login box on each page and if the
user chose to use the login box, it would carry his credentials with
him. Than way, if he later went to one of the directories that required
authentication, he would already be authenticated and let in

automatically.

The problem is... I really don't fully understand what I am doing and
was trying to mimic the code that I have (copied from some example on
the net) in the global asax file in the authenticate_request method.

I strongly suggest you look into Forms Authentication (see "Forms
Authentication Provider" at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lications.asp).

When you do, I also strongly suggest that you first forget everything you
know about the technique you were trying to use. Then, once you understand
Forms Authentication, you can see how it relates to what you've got now.
I've seen too many attempts to twist Forms Authentication into something it
wasn't meant to do, rather than learn what it actually does.

Ok... I appreciate you pointing me at that site. I've read it. It
pretty much makes sense, and our forms auth is working as advertised.

Now... to do what I wish to do... in theory... all I should have to do
is authenticate the user myself in my little login box, and then add a
cookie to the system.

Isn't this correct?

Well, it won't let me add a cookie to the system.
Response.cookies.add() doesn't seem to work from my little control.

Argh???

John