CreateUserWizard.MembershipProvider Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets the membership provider called to create user accounts.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ MembershipProvider { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

[System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)]
public virtual string MembershipProvider { get; set; }

[<System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)>]
member this.MembershipProvider : string with get, set

Public Overridable Property MembershipProvider As String

Property Value

String

The MembershipProvider used to create user accounts. The default is Empty.

Attributes: ThemeableAttribute

Exceptions

HttpException

The specified membership provider is not defined in the Web.config file.

Examples

The following code example requires membership providers defined in the <membership> section of the Web.config file. The following is a Web.config file that defines membership providers for each division in a small company. For this example, each membership provider points to a SQL Server database.

<configuration>

<system.web>

<membership>

<providers>

<add name="accountingProvider"

type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider,

System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"

enablePasswordRetrieval="false"

enablePasswordReset="true"

requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"

applicationName="/"

requiresUniqueEmail="false"

passwordFormat="Hashed"

description="Stores and retrieves membership data from a Microsoft SQL Server database."

/>

<add name="manufacturingProvider"

type="System.Web.Security. SqlMembershipProvider,

System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"

enablePasswordRetrieval="false"

enablePasswordReset="true"

requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"

applicationName="/"

requiresUniqueEmail="false"

passwordFormat="Hashed"

description="Stores and retrieves membership data from a Microsoft SQL Server database."

/>

<add name="marketingProvider"

type="System.Web.Security. SqlMembershipProvider,

System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"

enablePasswordRetrieval="false"

enablePasswordReset="true"

requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"

applicationName="/"

requiresUniqueEmail="false"

passwordFormat="Hashed"

description="Stores and retrieves membership data from a Microsoft SQL Server database."

/>

<add name="salesProvider"

type="System.Web.Security. SqlMembershipProvider,

System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"

enablePasswordRetrieval="false"

enablePasswordReset="true"

requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"

applicationName="/"

requiresUniqueEmail="false"

passwordFormat="Hashed"

description="Stores and retrieves membership data from a Microsoft SQL Server database."

/>

</providers>

</membership>

</system.web>

</configuration>

The following code example inserts a step before the user account is created to determine which division of an organization the user belongs to. It then sets the MembershipProvider provider to the appropriate provider for that division.

<%@ page language="C#"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
  
  void Createuserwizard1_NextButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    if (Createuserwizard1.ActiveStepIndex==0)
    {
      Createuserwizard1.MembershipProvider =
        divisionList.SelectedValue;
      Createuserwizard1.CreateUserStep.Title =
        String.Format("Create your new {0} account.",
          divisionList.SelectedItem.Text);
    }
  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>
      Untitled Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <div>
        <asp:createuserwizard id="Createuserwizard1" runat="server" onnextbuttonclick="Createuserwizard1_NextButtonClick">
          <wizardsteps>
            <asp:wizardstep runat="server" title="Choose your division">
              <p>
                Choose your division and click "Next".</p>
              <asp:dropdownlist runat="server" id="divisionList">
                <asp:listitem value="accountingProvider">
                  Accounting</asp:listitem>
                <asp:listitem value="manufacturingProvider">
                  Manufacturing</asp:listitem>
                <asp:listitem value="marketingProvider">
                  Marketing</asp:listitem>
                <asp:listitem value="salesProvider">
                  Sales</asp:listitem>
              </asp:dropdownlist>
            </asp:wizardstep>
            <asp:createuserwizardstep runat="server" title="Sign Up for Your New Account">
            </asp:createuserwizardstep>
          </wizardsteps>
        </asp:createuserwizard>
      </div>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

<%@ page language="VB"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub Createuserwizard1_NextButtonClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.WizardNavigationEventArgs)
    If Createuserwizard1.ActiveStepIndex = 0 Then
      Createuserwizard1.MembershipProvider = _
      divisionList.SelectedValue()
      Createuserwizard1.CreateUserStep.Title = _
        String.Format("Create your new {0} account.", _
          divisionList.SelectedItem.Text)
    End If
  End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>
      Untitled Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <div>
        <asp:createuserwizard id="Createuserwizard1" runat="server" onnextbuttonclick="Createuserwizard1_NextButtonClick">
          <wizardsteps>
            <asp:wizardstep runat="server" title="Choose your division">
              <p>
                Choose your division and click "Next".</p>
              <asp:dropdownlist runat="server" id="divisionList">
                <asp:listitem value="accountingProvider">
                  Accounting</asp:listitem>
                <asp:listitem value="manufacturingProvider">
                  Manufacturing</asp:listitem>
                <asp:listitem value="marketingProvider">
                  Marketing</asp:listitem>
                <asp:listitem value="salesProvider">
                  Sales</asp:listitem>
              </asp:dropdownlist>
            </asp:wizardstep>
            <asp:createuserwizardstep runat="server" title="Sign Up for Your New Account">
            </asp:createuserwizardstep>
          </wizardsteps>
        </asp:createuserwizard>
      </div>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

The MembershipProvider property contains the name of the defined MembershipProvider class membership provider that is used to store the user information. You can store membership information for users in different data stores by changing the value of the MembershipProvider property. When the MembershipProvider property is set to Empty, the default membership provider defined in the Web.config file is used.

Membership providers are defined in the Web.config file in the <membership> section.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins.

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