If you're on an IIS box, you can turn Windows Authentication on and have
them authenticate to the domain of the server (assuming an internal application).
If you're authenticating using forms via Membership, you can add a Login
control to your page (.NET 2.0+). This control, along with a bit of connecting
via your web.config and your SQL Server, will provide authentication and
authorization functionality.
If you simply just want them to type in SOMETHING, then two text boxes and
a button with a function in the code to verify the input.
Or something else? You mention that the authentication (verifying) is taken
care of, but with no insight how... if you have a secondary user control/web
service for this, then a couple text boxes may be what you're looking for
(opting for simplicity).
HTH.
-dl
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David R. Longnecker
Web Developer
http://blog.tiredstudent.com
Pardon my ignorance...I'm new to .NET...but I want a user to be forced
to submit login credentials before displaying a page. Is there a
quick, easy way to do this? Don't worry about verifying the
ID/PW...that's taken care of.
Thanks in advance.