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ProfileBase.GetProfileGroup(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.Profile
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets a group of properties identified by a group name.

C# 
public System.Web.Profile.ProfileGroupBase GetProfileGroup(string groupName);

Parameters

groupName
String

The name of the group of properties.

Returns

ProfileGroupBase

A ProfileGroupBase object for a group of properties configured with the specified group name.

Exceptions

ProviderException

The specified profile property group name was not found in the properties configuration section.

Examples

The following Web.config file specifies a user profile that contains group of properties with a group name of Address. The grouped properties generated for the Profile property of the current HttpContext will be preceded by the group name. For example, Profile.Address.Street.

XML 
<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="SqlServices" connectionString=
      "Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb;" />
  </connectionStrings>

  <system.web>
    <authentication mode="Forms" >
      <forms loginUrl="login.aspx"
        name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" />
    </authentication>

    <authorization>
      <deny users="?" />
    </authorization>

    <membership defaultProvider="SqlProvider"
      userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add
          name="SqlProvider"
          type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"
          connectionStringName="SqlServices"
          enablePasswordRetrieval="false"
          enablePasswordReset="true"
          requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"
          requiresUniqueEmail="false"
          passwordFormat="Hashed"
          applicationName="MyApplication" />
      </providers>
    </membership>

    <profile defaultProvider="SqlProvider">
      <providers>
        <add
          name="SqlProvider"
          connectionStringName="SqlServices"
          applicationName="MyApplication"
          type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" />

      </providers>

      <properties>
        <add name="ZipCode" />
        <group name="Address">
          <add name="Street" />
          <add name="City" />
          <add name="State" />
          <add name="CountryOrRegion" />
        </group>
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

The following ASP.NET page reads and sets the grouped properties specified for the user profile.

Important

This example contains a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

ASP.NET (C#) 
<%@ 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">

public void Page_Load()
{
  if (!IsPostBack)
  {
    StreetTextBox.Text          = Profile.Address.Street;
    CityTextBox.Text            = Profile.Address.City;
    StateTextBox.Text           = Profile.Address.State;
    CountryOrRegionTextBox.Text = Profile.Address.CountryOrRegion;
    ZipCodeTextBox.Text         = Profile.ZipCode;
  }
}

public void UpdateButton_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  Profile.Address.Street          = StreetTextBox.Text;
  Profile.Address.City            = CityTextBox.Text;
  Profile.Address.State           = StateTextBox.Text;
  Profile.Address.CountryOrRegion = CountryOrRegionTextBox.Text;
  Profile.ZipCode                 = ZipCodeTextBox.Text;
}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Home Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Address Information for <%=User.Identity.Name%></h3>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
    <tr>
      <td>Street Address</td>
      <td><asp:Textbox id="StreetTextBox" runat="server" columns="30" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>City</td>
      <td><asp:Textbox id="CityTextBox" runat="server" columns="20" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>State</td>
      <td><asp:Textbox id="StateTextBox" runat="server" columns="20" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zip Code</td>
      <td><asp:Textbox id="ZipCodeTextBox" runat="server" columns="10" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Country</td>
      <td><asp:Textbox id="CountryOrRegionTextBox" runat="server" columns="20" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <asp:Button id="UpdateButton" runat="server" OnClick="UpdateButton_OnClick" Text="Update Address" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

Profile properties can be separated into groups for better organization. The GetProfileGroup property can be used to retrieve a group of properties by the group name. You can also access a profile property in a group by specifying the group name as a member of the Profile property available on each page. For example, the ZipCode profile property that is a member of the Address profile group could be accessed using Profile.Address.ZipCode.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also