Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC project in C# using Forms Authentication and Active Directory is the Membership Provider (users login with their existing uid/pwd). However, I would like the roles to be supplied by aspnet_Roles (the default table created by the application). In my Web.config I have: with default setting for this node.

I successfully followed the NerdDinner sample application PDF and wish to use what I have learned. In my app I am using the Repository pattern just like NerdDinner. In NerdDinner, it shows how to use a Helper method to populate a DropDownList. I would like to do the same, but instead of countries and DropDown I would like to pull Roles from a table and populate check boxes.

In my UsersController.cs I have:

// // ViewModel Classes public class UserFormViewModel {     // properties     public User User { get; private set; }     public SelectList Roles { get; private set; }      // Constructor     public UserFormViewModel(User user)     {         User = user;         Roles = new SelectList(Roles.All, ); //this is where I have problems     } } 

In my view I have (which of course will not work):

<ul>     <% foreach (var role in Roles as IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)) { %>     <li><%= Html.CheckBox(role.ToString())%> <%= role.ToString() %></li>     <% } %> </ul> 

P.S. I am a newbie to .NET, but I love it! Correct me if I am wrong, but I think this issue has to do with collections and type definitions?

Also, I am familiar with using the ASP.NET configuration tool to add Roles and Users, but I would like to create a custom User Admin section.

Answer 1

Something like this ?

<li><%= Html.CheckBox(role.ToString(),       Roles.IsUserInRole(Model.User.Identity.LoginName, role.ToString())) %>      <%= role.ToString() %> </li> 

Cant quite remember the exact syntax of the Roles in the asp.net membership provider, but it is something along those lines.