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Exposes and updates membership user information in the membership data store.
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MembershipUser
- Derived
- Attributes
Examples
The following code example updates the email address for a user.
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.
Remarks
The MembershipUser object is used to represent a single membership user in the membership data store. It exposes information about the membership user such as the email address, and provides functionality for the membership user such as the ability to change or reset his or her password.
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Note
If you are not familiar with the membership features of ASP.NET, see Introduction to Membership before continuing. For a list of other topics related to membership, see Managing Users by Using Membership.
A MembershipUser object is returned by the GetUser and CreateUser methods or as part of a MembershipUserCollection returned by the GetAllUsers, FindUsersByName, and FindUsersByEmail methods.
A MembershipUser object is required by the UpdateUser method when you want to update the information for an existing membership user.
Constructors
MembershipUser() | Creates a new instance of a MembershipUser object for a class that inherits the MembershipUser class. |
MembershipUser(String, String, DateTime, DateTime, DateTime, Object, String, String, String, Boolean, Boolean, DateTime, DateTime) | Creates a new membership user object with the specified property values. |
Properties
Comment | Gets or sets application-specific information for the membership user. |
CreationDate | Gets the date and time when the user was added to the membership data store. |
Gets or sets the email address for the membership user. | |
IsApproved | Gets or sets whether the membership user can be authenticated. |
IsLockedOut | Gets a value indicating whether the membership user is locked out and unable to be validated. |
IsOnline | Gets whether the user is currently online. |
LastActivityDate | Gets or sets the date and time when the membership user was last authenticated or accessed the application. |
LastLockoutDate | Gets the most recent date and time that the membership user was locked out. |
LastLoginDate | Gets or sets the date and time when the user was last authenticated. |
LastPasswordChangedDate | Gets the date and time when the membership user's password was last updated. |
PasswordQuestion | Gets the password question for the membership user. |
ProviderName | Gets the name of the membership provider that stores and retrieves user information for the membership user. |
ProviderUserKey | Gets the user identifier from the membership data source for the user. |
UserName | Gets the logon name of the membership user. |
Methods
ChangePassword(String, String) | Updates the password for the membership user in the membership data store. |
ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer(String, String, String) | Updates the password question and answer for the membership user in the membership data store. |
Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
GetPassword() | Gets the password for the membership user from the membership data store. |
GetPassword(String) | Gets the password for the membership user from the membership data store. |
GetType() | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
MemberwiseClone() | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
ResetPassword() | Resets a user's password to a new, automatically generated password. |
ResetPassword(String) | Resets a user's password to a new, automatically generated password. |
ToString() | Returns the user name for the membership user. |
UnlockUser() | Clears the locked-out state of the user so that the membership user can be validated. |