Re: Forms Authentication problem

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The LoginView control of ASP.NET 2.0 should be able to do the trick for you. There are several other controls that could be useful to you as well, and I've described them all here:
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/SecureYourSite.aspx

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net


"David" <david.colliver.NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uv%23qItudHHA.1240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi all,

I have a problem with Forms Auth. I am not using the protected folder method, rather, I want some parts of the page to be shown depending on the authentication state.

Basically, I have a dashboard application. In the dashboard, I have various hyperlinks and linkbuttons. I have also created roles and each user will be assigned a role and the buttons in the dashboard will depend on the role. If the person is not authenticated, then the dashboard does not even show.

This works fantastically, though took me a while to figure it out (as all the examples of formsauth on the net show you to protect a folder, which is not what I wanted.)

Now, the structure of my site is like...

root (application)
Admin (application)
Apps_VB (application)
Apps_CS (application)
Folder1
Folder2

Now, when I have logged in and get my dashboard, one of the buttons pops up a page from my Admin folder (which is declared as an application in IIS). This may be the problem but I need to find a way around it.

The pop-up from the Admin folder checks my user.isauthenticated but finds it is not, even though the button to pop it will not be visible if the parent app was not authenticated.

How can I get my authentication to be passed into the Admin part of my application? Any ideas will be most appreciated.
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Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com
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