I'm trying to redirect user to page depending on role

mike

I would like to redirect user to particular page depending on the role assigned to them. Since there will be more than 1 user with the same role the code I'm using is not what I need. I'm using the ASP.NET Configuration to assign roles and set up 3 different roles. Admin, Customer, Partners. Each role will have many users. After user logins depending on their role I would like the to be redirected to a particular page. Via:Admin, Customer or Partner. My question is: can anyone help me either change the code I'm using or let me know if the code I'm using will not work. I need to not look for a SPECIFIC user name to look for ANY user name that is in a role. Any help would be appreciated.

My Code:

protected void LoginButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{     
if (Roles.IsUserInRole(LoginControl.UserName, "admin1"))     
{         Response.Redirect("~/AdminPages/Administration.aspx");     
}
 else if (Roles.IsUserInRole(LoginControl.UserName, "customer1"))     
{
 Response.Redirect("~/Customers/Customers.aspx");     
}
 else if (Roles.IsUserInRole(LoginControl.UserName, "partner1"))     
{
 Response.Redirect("~/Partners/Partners.aspx");     
}
 }

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Vinay Singh10y ago
Hi
It must be due to the browser cache problem. Do one thing first open the website login and then logout. After logout clear the browser history and then close it and login again.
mike10y ago
I have the redirection working where the user depending on their role will go to a page that they have access to, but when theylogout or when the browser is closed and they return to the site and sign back in they go to the last page they were on instead of going to a set page where I have the code pointing to. Is there a way to stop this and have them go to the page I set for them?
My Code:
protected void LoginControl_LoggingIn(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.LoginCancelEventArgs e)
{
if (Page.User.IsInRole("NFI"))
{
Response.Redirect("~/AdminPages/Administration.aspx");
}

else if (Page.User.IsInRole("Partner"))
{
Response.Redirect("~/Partners/QuotePricing.aspx");
}

else if (Page.User.IsInRole("Customer"))
{
Response.Redirect("~/Customers/Customers.aspx");
}
}
Vinay Singh10y ago
Hi
The code written by you is the correct one. But still have a look of the link for detail
http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Implement-Role-based-security-Page-access-and-ShowHide-Menu-items-based-on-Role-in-ASPNet.aspx
Praveen Sreeram10y ago
Hi Mike,
The code that you have written is perfectly true. there is no build mechanism to redirect to a page based on the specific user within the role. You have write your own logic. probably within each of the above conditions write a switch case for each of the user.
However, there would be lot of maintainence issues when the number of users grow.
If you can provide your exact requirements of why you want to redirect the individual users then we will try to provide an optimum solution.
Thanks,
Prawin