Hi,

I am trying to make a Contact form exclusive for Members. So as my first field (ID=username) I would like some VB script so that when the page loads it can identify the user that is accessing the page and display it in a read-only text ready for submission by email (with the email address and text area, don't worry about these because I know how to add these).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
(here is my Contact us page code, nothing special but I'll give you it just in case)

<%@ Page Title="" Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/Members/MasterMembers.master" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="MembersCustomerSupport.aspx.vb" Inherits="Contact_Us_MembersCustomerSupport" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" Runat="Server">  </SPAN>
    <div class="alldivs">  </SPAN>
    <asp:LoginView ID="LoginView1" runat="server">  </SPAN>
    <AnonymousTemplate>  </SPAN>
    <p>You must be a Member to benefit from our Member's customer services.</p>  </SPAN>
    </AnonymousTemplate>  </SPAN>
    <LoggedInTemplate>  </SPAN>
     <h1>Members' Customer Support </h1>  </SPAN>
<p>Please fill in all the required fields:</p>  </SPAN>
        <table border="0" style="width: 565px">  </SPAN>
            <tr>  </SPAN>
                <td style="width: 95px">  </SPAN>
                    <p>  </SPAN>
                        User Name</p>  </SPAN>
                </td>  </SPAN>
                <td width="455">  </SPAN>
                    <p>  </SPAN>
                        <label>  </SPAN>
                       </label>  </SPAN>
                        <asp:TextBox ID="username" runat="server" ReadOnly="True"    </SPAN>
                            ToolTip="The field is uneditable"></asp:TextBox>  </SPAN>
 <asp:LoginName ID="LoginName1" runat="server" />  </SPAN>
                    </p>  </SPAN>
                </td>  </SPAN>
            </tr>  </SPAN>
            <tr>  </SPAN>
                <td style="width: 95px">  </SPAN>
                    <p>  </SPAN>
                        Email</p>  </SPAN>
                </td>  </SPAN>
                <td>  </SPAN>
                    <p>  </SPAN>
                        <label>  </SPAN>
                         </label><asp:TextBox ID="email" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>  </SPAN>
 <asp:RegularExpressionValidator    </SPAN>
                            ID="RegularExpressionValidator1" runat="server"    </SPAN>
                            ErrorMessage="Your Email is required"    </SPAN>
                            ValidationExpression="\w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*"    </SPAN>
                            ControlToValidate="email"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>  </SPAN>
                    </p>  </SPAN>
                </td>  </SPAN>
            </tr>  </SPAN>
            <tr>  </SPAN>
                <td style="width: 95px">  </SPAN>
                    <p>  </SPAN>
                        Message</p>  </SPAN>
                </td>  </SPAN>
                <td>  </SPAN>
                    <p>  </SPAN>
                        <label>  </SPAN>
                         </label><asp:TextBox ID="message" runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox>  </SPAN>
                        <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server"    </SPAN>
                            ErrorMessage="A message is required" ControlToValidate="message"    </SPAN>
                            Display="Dynamic"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>  </SPAN>
                    </p>  </SPAN>
                </td>  </SPAN>
            </tr>  </SPAN>
        </table>  </SPAN>
        <p>  </SPAN>
            <label>  </SPAN>
            <input ID="Submit" name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit"> </input></label>    </SPAN>
             </p>  </SPAN>
    </LoggedInTemplate>  </SPAN>
    </asp:LoginView>  </SPAN>
</div>  </SPAN>
</asp:Content>  </SPAN>

I have tried to add the following into the VB script code so that the read-only text equals the current logged in user.

However when I load the page it tells me that, "username has not been declared" even though it is the ID of my texbox:

PartialClass Contact_Us_MembersCustomerSupport
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
ProtectedSub Page_Load(ByVal sender AsObject, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) HandlesMe.Load
username.Text = User.Identity.Name
EndSub

EndClass

Thanks guys

So where exactly is User.Identity.Name declared?

Because that would be the name of the user that is logged on to THE SERVER not into your member system.
So for anonymous web access would not actually exist!

Chrishirst, please can you tell me how to solve this problem. If I don't use
User.Identity.Name then what should I use?

This is not the problem though that Visual Web developer alerts me. It says the 'username' needs to be declared.

Please could you give me some sample.

Thanks

where is the object "username" declared? and does it have a property named text?

I don't know, I guess the propery is Text because it is a textbox. What corrections need to be made in VB script and main page to make it run properly?

Aah! right I see.
You are thinking that "username" will relate to the HTML input element.

That does not exist until the HTML source is rendered by the browser, and as the ASP.net code is run on the server and completed BEFORE the HTML is sent to the browser, the two have NO interaction until the form is submitted back to the server, then "usename" and the value will exist as a POST (request.form) collection key/value pair

request.form("username") will contain the user entered value you have to process it from there onwards.

I am connecting to a ASP.net textbox as below:

<asp:TextBoxID="username"runat="server"ReadOnly="True">
</asp:TextBox>


which runs at the server hence runat="server" not an ordinary HTML textbox.

Anyway I did try what you suggested like below:

PartialClass Contact_Us_MembersCustomerSupport
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
ProtectedSub Page_Load(ByVal sender AsObject, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) HandlesMe.Load
Request.Form("username")
username.Text = User.Identity.Name
EndSub

EndClass

I also tried moving the Request.Form around outside the Page_Load into the declarations and nothing. I changed Form to my form name on my MasterPage form1 and nothing.

The closest I have got to solving it is by using the Dim declaration: It takes the error off the fact username has not been declared and instead says after "Dim username As Text"- It puts a line under the word Text and says, "type expected".

PartialClass Contact_Us_MembersCustomerSupport
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
ProtectedSub Page_Load(ByVal sender AsObject, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) HandlesMe.Load
Dim username As Text
username.Text = User.Identity.Name
EndSub

EndClass

I know I am very close into solving this one but please tell me is a Dim declaration a good idea or not? What do I need after text to complete teh declaration?

Thanks for your time

Don't worry guys I have solved this issue, please see my other thread on how to get the current logged on user's email address:

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/net-pr...nt-logged.html