Monday, March 30, 2009

Get Windows Account For ASP.Net 2.0

Under ASP.Net 2.0, if you choose windows Authentication
1. In Web.config, set Authentication mode="Windows"
2. In IIS, set the security
2.1 Clear Anonymous
2.2 Choose Integrated Windows Authentication or
2.3 Use Client Certification and Map it to a windows account

Then in the Code, Get the windows Account as below

1. WindowsIdentity myIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
WindowsPrincipal myPrincipal = new WindowsPrincipal(myIdentity);
The myPrincipal is the current account that ASP.Net running on

2. HttpContext.Current.Request.LogonUserIdentity
This is the account for the current visit account

3. HttpContext.Current.User.Identity and Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity are always Emtpy!

Friday, November 14, 2008

ASP.Net Get Other Page's Resource

In ASP.Net, if you want to get other page's resource, you need to use the httpContext.GetLocalResourceObject and pass the page's relative path and the resource Name. For example HttpContext.GetLocalResourceObject("~/AnotherPage.aspx","Title")