FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets the name of the cookie used to store the forms-authentication ticket.

public:
 static property System::String ^ FormsCookieName { System::String ^ get(); };

public static string FormsCookieName { get; }

static member FormsCookieName : string

Public Shared ReadOnly Property FormsCookieName As String

Property Value

String

The name of the cookie used to store the forms-authentication ticket. The default is ".ASPXAUTH".

Examples

The following code example sets the FormsCookieName property value by using the name attribute in the Web.config file.

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="member_login.aspx"
    cookieless="UseCookies"
    name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" />
</authentication>

Remarks

The FormsCookieName property value is set in the configuration file for an ASP.NET application by using the name attribute of the forms configuration element. The FormsCookieName is used to reference the cookie that stores the FormsAuthenticationTicket information.

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