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[chadau]

This returns nothing whenever it is called:

Me.TextBox1.Text = User.Identity.Name

Please help me understand why?

 

[jfrost10]

Do you mean that you get an error, or nothing shows up in the text box?

Either way, User.Identity.Name is obviously not getting filled, or the value its filled with is an empty string

D'Arcy

 

[chadau]

Empty string is returned

 

[StuckInTheMiddle]

Hi chadau

If you are getting an empty string returned back it is probably because you do not have any authentication configured in your applications web.config file.

I have an asp.net program setup to use FORMS authentication

<authentication mode=&quot;Forms&quot; />

and when i execute the command

response.write(User.Identity.Name)

my username is returned.

Try adding the following lines of code to your app to see your authentication settings

Response.Write(&quot;<br>User.Identity.AuthenticationType=&quot; & User.Identity.AuthenticationType)

Response.Write(&quot;<br>User.Identity.IsAuthenticated=&quot; & User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)

Response.Write(&quot;<br>User.Identity.Name=&quot; & User.Identity.Name)



For more info about Forms authentication check out this article

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020220.htm

Hope that clarifies the situation for you

S.


(The more ASP.NET I do, the more Javascript I find myself using)