What does the Login control look like?
Bob
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Browse All TopicsI have a Login.aspx form and I want to do forms authentication when the "log in" button is clicked on the login control, but the "Authenticate" event never fires. I can put other buttons on the form (regular and link button) they fire events, but the "Authenticate" does not...
Stuck, Help.
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Hi Bob,
I'ts just a basic login control for asp 2.0 / visual Basic 2005 - it shows "user Name", "password", "remember me next time" (checkbox) and a "log in" button
Here is the asp for the login control:
<asp:Login
ID="Login1" runat="server">
</asp:Login>
Also asp for the other two buttons:
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />
<br />
<br />
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server">LinkButton<
Thanks for your help -
I'm going to tinker more on it now to see if I can come up with anything... I have another web site using the same method of SQL Server membership provider and it works fine... go figure.
Stan.
Also on the link button when I don't have the following options in my web.config <pages> secton:
--> validateRequest="false" enableEventValidation="fal
I get the following error:
Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="tru
OK - getting closer -- tried a button in the Header which is a user control (ascx) the button in the header user control works, but a test button in the content area does not work.... Note: using a master page... the header user control is in the master page... The content where non working button is placed is within a "content placeholder", default.aspx page based on the master page...
ANSWER: Don't have more than one form tag!
Sorry for those of you who were burning time on researching this. The answer was right under my nose. I had included a google search on my header. I had changed all the buttons to asp because standard form stuff google gives you don't work with a master page asp form kinda thing. I FORGOT to take out the FORM tag that wraps around the search code... I didn't get any errors on compile, but ASP.Net just decided that the first form was the only form to work with... anyway... sorry for the goose chase..
Special Thanks "TheLearnedOne" / Bob for taking time to work on this.
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by: stanvickersPosted on 2006-12-28 at 21:48:31ID: 18212634
PS - Now it seems other buttons are not working as well - a regular "button" from the toolbox does not work, but a "link button" does fire events.... hmmm