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I am fairly new to asp.net and am using webforms in vb.net. I have read a
lot about authorization to entire pages using role-based security, but I
haven't seen much in regard to role-based security for controls within a
page.

For example, say that I want an aspx page to show a link for "Maintenance"
when the user "John" is logged in but not for anyone else. All users have
authorization to see the aspx page (set in web.config), but how does someone
go about the process of conditionally displaying the link? My question is
generic in that I don't specifically care about the link, rather, I am
looking for something that could be applied to any type of control
(textboxes, buttons, etc) within webforms.

Thanks in advance,
Jerod

You could use either of the following methods, where you have any control
named c:

c.Visible = User.Identity.Name = "AllowedUserName"
- or -
c.Visible = User.IsInRole("MyAllowRole")

You could then combine this with a user control, or a panel to make a whole
block of the page show/hide, instead of just one control.

HTH.

"Jerod Guida" <> wrote in message
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>I am fairly new to asp.net and am using webforms in vb.net. I have read a
> lot about authorization to entire pages using role-based security, but I
> haven't seen much in regard to role-based security for controls within a
> page.
>
> For example, say that I want an aspx page to show a link for "Maintenance"
> when the user "John" is logged in but not for anyone else. All users have
> authorization to see the aspx page (set in web.config), but how does
> someone
> go about the process of conditionally displaying the link? My question is
> generic in that I don't specifically care about the link, rather, I am
> looking for something that could be applied to any type of control
> (textboxes, buttons, etc) within webforms.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jerod
>
>