ProfileBase.GetPropertyValue(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Profile

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets the value of a profile property.

public:
 System::Object ^ GetPropertyValue(System::String ^ propertyName);

public object GetPropertyValue (string propertyName);

member this.GetPropertyValue : string -> obj

Public Function GetPropertyValue (propertyName As String) As Object

Parameters

propertyName: String

The name of the profile property.

Returns

Object

The value of the specified profile property, typed as object.

Exceptions

ProviderException

An attempt was made to set a property value on an anonymous profile where the property's allowAnonymous attribute is false.

SettingsPropertyNotFoundException

There are no properties defined for the current profile.

-or-

The specified profile property name does not exist in the current profile.

-or-

The provider for the specified profile property did not recognize the specified property.

Examples

The following code example shows an ASP.NET page that reads and sets the ZipCode property specified for the user profile. For an example of a Web.config file that specifies properties for the user profile, see the example provided for the ProfileBase class.

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.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

public void Page_PreRender()
{
  if (Profile.ZipCode == null)
  {
    PersonalizePanel.Visible = false;
    GetZipCodePanel.Visible = true;
  }
  else
  {
    ZipCodeLabel.Text = Profile.ZipCode;

    // Get personalized information for zip code here.

    PersonalizePanel.Visible = true;
    GetZipCodePanel.Visible = false;
  }
}

public void ChangeZipCode_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  ZipCodeTextBox.Text = Profile.ZipCode;
  Profile.ZipCode = null;

  PersonalizePanel.Visible = false;
  GetZipCodePanel.Visible = true;
}

public void EnterZipCode_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  Profile.ZipCode = ZipCodeTextBox.Text;
}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Home Page</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <asp:Panel id="PersonalizePanel" runat="Server" Visible="False">
          Information for Zip Code: <asp:Label id="ZipCodeLabel" Runat="Server" /><br />
          <!-- Information for Zip Code here. -->
          <br />
          <asp:LinkButton id="ChangeZipCodeButton" Runat="Server" Text="Change Your Zip Code"
                          OnClick="ChangeZipCode_OnClick" />
        </asp:Panel>
        <asp:Panel id="GetZipCodePanel" runat="Server" Visible="False">
          You can personalize this page by entering your Zip Code: 
          <asp:TextBox id="ZipCodeTextBox" Columns="5" MaxLength="5" runat="Server" />
          <asp:LinkButton id="EnterZipCodeButton" Runat="Server" Text="Go"
                          OnClick="EnterZipCode_OnClick" />
        </asp:Panel>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

Public Sub Page_PreRender()

  If Profile.ZipCode = Nothing Then
    PersonalizePanel.Visible = False
    GetZipCodePanel.Visible = True
  Else
    ZipCodeLabel.Text = Profile.ZipCode

    ' Get personalized information for zip code here.

    PersonalizePanel.Visible = True
    GetZipCodePanel.Visible = False
  End If

End Sub

Public Sub ChangeZipCode_OnClick(sender As Object, args As EventArgs)
  ZipCodeTextBox.Text = Profile.ZipCode
  Profile.ZipCode = Nothing

  PersonalizePanel.Visible = False
  GetZipCodePanel.Visible = True
End Sub

Public Sub EnterZipCode_OnClick(sender As Object, args As EventArgs)
  Profile.ZipCode = ZipCodeTextBox.Text
End Sub

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Home Page</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <asp:Panel id="PersonalizePanel" runat="Server" Visible="False">
          Information for Zip Code: <asp:Label id="ZipCodeLabel" Runat="Server" /><br />
          <!-- Information for Zip Code here. -->
          <br />
          <asp:LinkButton id="ChangeZipCodeButton" Runat="Server" Text="Change Your Zip Code"
                          OnClick="ChangeZipCode_OnClick" />
        </asp:Panel>
        <asp:Panel id="GetZipCodePanel" runat="Server" Visible="False">
          You can personalize this page by entering your Zip Code: 
          <asp:TextBox id="ZipCodeTextBox" Columns="5" MaxLength="5" runat="Server" />
          <asp:LinkButton id="EnterZipCodeButton" Runat="Server" Text="Go"
                          OnClick="EnterZipCode_OnClick" />
        </asp:Panel>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

ASP.NET uses the ProfileBase class to create the class used for the user profile. When an application that has the user profile enabled is started, ASP.NET creates a new class of type ProfileCommon, which inherits from the ProfileBase class. Strongly typed accessors are added to the ProfileCommon class for each property defined in the profile configuration section. The strongly typed accessors of the ProfileCommon class call the GetPropertyValue method to retrieve untyped values from the ProfileProvider that the generated accessor then casts as the specified type and returns as the property value.

You can use the GetPropertyValue method to retrieve property values of the user profile for your application by name. Returned values are untyped and must be cast as the specific object type when retrieved. For strongly typed access to profile property values, you can access the property by name as a member of the Profile property available on each page, for example, Profile.CustomerAddress.

Applies to

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