> I'm working on an ASP.NET 2.0 web app using C# and SQL Server 2000.
> I've created a multi-step user profile page using the wizard web
> control and when the user clicks on the finish button on the final
> screen I have code in the click event on the server that does the
> following:
>
> - Creates a new user using Membership.CreateUser()
> - Adds this new user to a default role using Roles.AddUserToRole()
> - Inserts the other form fields into various tables in the DB
> - Sends a confirmation email
> What I'd like to do now is to add some of the fields (i.e. First Name
> and Last Name) to the Profile class (which is already setup properly
> via my web.Config file). I'm doing the following:
>
> Profile.FirstName = txtFirstName.Text;
> Profile.LastName = txtLastName.Text;
> However, I'm getting a Provider.ProviderException stating "This
> property cannot be set for anonymous users.". Checking the
> NewUserInfo properties it appears this newly created user is logged in
> and shouldn't be anonymous.
>
> So, given the brief overview of what I've done and how I've
> accomplished it, how do I now authenticate this newly created user
> behind the scenes so that I can associate this profile data with this
> user? When all is said and done, I do not mind if the user is
> pre-authenticated and pre-authorized after following all of my
> registration steps. Who'd want to fill out one more form just to
> login at this point? :)
>
> beaudetious
>

"Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> well - the user is not authenticated yet - he will be after the next roundtrip
> after the Authenticate_Request event.
>
> One option would be to set these values in the anonymous profile and handle
> the Profile_Migrate event to migrate the anon profile to the authenticated
> profile on the next roundtrip
>
> Another thing i haven't tried is: Profile looks for Context.User.Identity.Name
> and IsAuthenticated - i am not sure at which stage he does that - maybe you
> can fake that
> by creating a GenericIdentity / Principal and set this to Context.User before
> calling the Profile API.
>
> tell us if that worked for you.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
> http://www.leastprivilege.com
>
> > I'm working on an ASP.NET 2.0 web app using C# and SQL Server 2000.
> > I've created a multi-step user profile page using the wizard web
> > control and when the user clicks on the finish button on the final
> > screen I have code in the click event on the server that does the
> > following:
> >
> > - Creates a new user using Membership.CreateUser()
> > - Adds this new user to a default role using Roles.AddUserToRole()
> > - Inserts the other form fields into various tables in the DB
> > - Sends a confirmation email
> > What I'd like to do now is to add some of the fields (i.e. First Name
> > and Last Name) to the Profile class (which is already setup properly
> > via my web.Config file). I'm doing the following:
> >
> > Profile.FirstName = txtFirstName.Text;
> > Profile.LastName = txtLastName.Text;
> > However, I'm getting a Provider.ProviderException stating "This
> > property cannot be set for anonymous users.". Checking the
> > NewUserInfo properties it appears this newly created user is logged in
> > and shouldn't be anonymous.
> >
> > So, given the brief overview of what I've done and how I've
> > accomplished it, how do I now authenticate this newly created user
> > behind the scenes so that I can associate this profile data with this
> > user? When all is said and done, I do not mind if the user is
> > pre-authenticated and pre-authorized after following all of my
> > registration steps. Who'd want to fill out one more form just to
> > login at this point? :)
> >
> > beaudetious
> >
>
>