ReportServerCredentials.SetFormsCredentials Method

Specifies that forms authentication is to be used when connecting to the report server and provides the forms credentials.

Namespace: Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms
Assembly: Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms (in microsoft.reportviewer.winforms.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub SetFormsCredentials ( _
    authCookie As Cookie, _
    userName As String, _
    password As String, _
    authority As String _
)

'Usage
Dim instance As ReportServerCredentials
Dim authCookie As Cookie
Dim userName As String
Dim password As String
Dim authority As String

instance.SetFormsCredentials(authCookie, userName, password, authority)

public void SetFormsCredentials (
    Cookie authCookie,
    string userName,
    string password,
    string authority
)

public:
void SetFormsCredentials (
    Cookie^ authCookie, 
    String^ userName, 
    String^ password, 
    String^ authority
)

public void SetFormsCredentials (
    Cookie authCookie, 
    String userName, 
    String password, 
    String authority
)

public function SetFormsCredentials (
    authCookie : Cookie, 
    userName : String, 
    password : String, 
    authority : String
)

Parameters

• authCookie
  An authentication cookie used by the report server.

• userName
  The user name that will be used to connect to the report server.

• password
  The password that will be used to connect to the report server.

• authority
  The authority to use when authenticating the user, for example, a Windows domain name.

Example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Net;

namespace ReportServerCredentialsSample
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            reportViewer1.ProcessingMode = Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ProcessingMode.Remote;

            reportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportPath = 
         @"/Adventureworks Sample Reports/Company Sales";

            reportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials.SetFormsCredentials(
    null, <UserName>, <Password>, <DomainName>);
       
            reportViewer1.RefreshReport();
        }
    }
}

See Also

Reference

ReportServerCredentials Class
ReportServerCredentials Members
Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms Namespace