System.Web.Security Namespace   FormsAuthentication Class

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Creates an authentication cookie for a given user name. This does not set the cookie as part of the outgoing response, so that an application can have more control over how the cookie is issued.

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Shared Function GetAuthCookie ( _
   userName As String, _
   createPersistentCookie As Boolean _
 ) As HttpCookie

[ C# ]
public static HttpCookie GetAuthCookie (
   string userName,
   bool createPersistentCookie
);

[ C++ ]
public: static HttpCookie* GetAuthCookie (
   String* userName,
   bool createPersistentCookie
);

[ JScript ]
public static function GetAuthCookie (
   userName : String,
   createPersistentCookie : Boolean
 ) : HttpCookie;

userName

Name of the authenticated user. This does not have to map to a Windows account.

createPersistentCookie

Specifies whether or not a durable cookie ( a cookie that is saved across browser sessions ) should be issued. Cookie path defaults to'/'.

Returns an HTTP cookie.

FormsAuthentication Members   FormsAuthentication.GetAuthCookie Overload List

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