Hi, following http://www.theproblemsolver.nl/usingthemembershipproviderinwinforms.htm I set up the membership & roles providers in app.config and try use it in code.
Authentication works well, bur roles always returns empty roles array for connected user.
This part works:
If Membership.ValidateUser(userName, password) Then
' Set the current application principal information to a known user
Dim identity As GenericIdentity
Dim principal As RolePrincipal
Dim user As MembershipUser
user = Membership.GetUser(userName)
identity = New GenericIdentity(user.UserName)
principal = New RolePrincipal(identity)
Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal = principal
This one doesn't:
If principal.IsInRole("Club") Then
LoggedInUserRole = "Club"
Return True
Exit Function
End If
No error is thrown though.
Similarly, if I try to add a user to a known, existing role, an exception is thrown :
If Not Roles.IsUserInRole(userName, "club") Then
Roles.AddUserToRole(userName, "club")
End If
Exception msg is: Cannot find role ''
(I mean the role name isn't given back in exception.)
Any clue?
Please do not tell me to use Windows Client Administration within project services, I need my own SQL DB connection + the client app services is a bloated dfeature, bug prone.
