Thread: Is the user logged in?

Hello Experts,

I have a weird scenario occurring.

We have a piece of code in the Master Page that should check if a user is logged in or not.

• If a user IS NOT logged in, then some contents need to be displayed.
• If a user IS logged in, then no extra contents need to be displayed.

Here is the code:

template.master:

Code:

<% if (!HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) 
          {%>
                <SOME CONTENT IS LOCATED HERE>
        <%}%>

The Behavior:

This works correctly for all pages - when a user is logged in, the HTML disappears. When a user is NOT logged in the content is displayed.

The Problem:

When we navigate to createaccount.aspx, it stops working - it always thinks the user is indeed logged in even though the user has not logged in.

In order to fix the problem the user has to log in and log out and only then does the master page once again starts working.

What am I doing wrong?
Is that the correct way to check if a user is logged in?

That's most likely because of this line that fires on page load on createaccount:

Code:

ThisCustomer.RequireCustomerRecord();

That creates a customer record for the current customer in the DB. At that point they're anonymous, but in a manner of speaking they are a customer. I imagine that's going to interfere with the way you're doing that check, on that page and any other that requires a customer.

I've use the following code with no problem:

Code:

        Public ReadOnly Property IsAuthenticatedUser() As Boolean
            Get
                Return ThisCustomer.IsRegistered
            End Get
        End Property

with

Code:

          <%
            If IsAuthenticatedUser Then
          %>