System.Web.Security Namespace   FormsAuthentication Class

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Creates an authentication ticket for the given userName and createPersistentCookie and attaches it to the cookie's collection of the outgoing response. It does not perform a redirect.

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Shared Sub SetAuthCookie ( _
   userName As String, _
   createPersistentCookie As Boolean _
)

[ C# ]
public static void SetAuthCookie (
   string userName,
   bool createPersistentCookie
);

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

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

userName

The name of an authenticated user. This does not have to map to a Windows account.

createPersistentCookie

Specifies whether or not a durable cookie ( one that is saved across browser sessions ) should be issued.

This has the effect of creating an authenticated user. Applications can use this when they intend to manually redirect, or if they do not want to redirect. For example, you can use this for an embedded logon area on a page.

FormsAuthentication Members   FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie Overload List

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