Creating the Login Page

You can use the Login control to create a login page in ASP.NET. The Login control provides an easy way to create a form for user authentication and automatically handles authenticating the user using the Membership Provider.

Here are the steps to create a login page using the Login control:

Drag and drop the Login control onto your page from the Toolbox in Visual Studio.

Configure the control by setting its properties. For example, you can set the DestinationPageUrl property to the page that the user will be redirected to after successful login.

<asp:Login ID=”Login1″ runat=”server” DestinationPageUrl=”~/Default.aspx”>

</asp:Login>

Customize the control’s appearance by adding markup to the <LayoutTemplate> section. For example, you can add labels or textboxes to collect additional information from the user.

<asp:Login ID=”Login1″ runat=”server” DestinationPageUrl=”~/Default.aspx”>

<asp:Label ID=”UserNameLabel” runat=”server” AssociatedControlID=”UserName”>User Name:</asp:Label>

<asp:TextBox ID=”UserName” runat=”server”></asp:TextBox>

…

</LayoutTemplate>

</asp:Login>

Optionally, customize the control’s behavior by handling events. For example, you can handle the LoggedIn event to perform additional tasks after the user has been authenticated.

<asp:Login ID=”Login1″ runat=”server” DestinationPageUrl=”~/Default.aspx” OnLoggedIn=”Login1_LoggedIn”>

…

</asp:Login>

protected void Login1_LoggedIn(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

// Perform additional tasks after user has been authenticated

}