Hi All,

I need some help passing session variables from my login page to the next page. This is what I am trying to do:

- When users of the Human Resources Department access the next few pages via a login page, I want them to only see a button that is for Human Resources.
- Conversely, when users of the Information Services Department access the next few pages via a login page, I want them to only see a button that is for Information Services.

The order of the pages is as follows:
1.) Login Page
2.) Default Thank You Page (telling users that the login was successful)
3.) User Interface Page (where the user, depending on which department they are from, can only view specific buttons that pertain to their department).

I thought I was doing it correctly with the following code for the 'User Interface Page':

<MM:If runat="server"
Expression='<%#(session("sessDepartment")="HR")%>' >
<ContentsTemplate>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" width="108" height="46">
                      <param name="BGCOLOR" value="">
                      <param name="movie" value="HR Button (Dept Module).swf">
                      <param name="quality" value="high">
                      <embed src="HR Button (Dept Module).swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="108" height="46" ></embed>
                    </object>
</ContentsTemplate>
</MM:If>

On the page before (the 'Default Page'), I have the following script:

<script runat="server" language="VB">
Sub Page_Load()
Session("sessDepartment")=Request("hfDepartment")
Session("sessEditPages")=Request("hfEditPages")
End Sub
</script>

On the page before that, the 'Login Page', I have the following code which authenticates the Username. In my Access Database, I have two tables that are linked which should pull the Department that the username is from. Here is the Login Page code:
<%
if dsLogin.RecordCount > 0 then
Session("sessUsername") = Request.Form("tfUsername")
FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage("tfUsern ame.value", true)
else if ((Request.Form("tfUsername"))) <> Nothing _
OR ((Request.Form("tfPassword"))) <> Nothing
Response.Write("Login Failed. Please Try Again.")
end if
%>

Any thoughts to why this is not working? Oh yeah, I'm using Dreamweaver as an application.
Thanks,
Jim

Hey,

For FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage("tfUsern ame.value", true)

it should be FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(tfUserna me.Text, true)

Since that will provide the user's user name when redirecting. In addition, instead of Request("<textbox>"), the ASP.NET approach is to do TextBox1.Text.

Brian

Hi Brian,

Thanks for your reply. I can't seem to get it working. I tried replacing the code with your suggestion, and the session variables are still not getting through.

I replied to your reply here:
http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16951

I added the code, so that you can help me out. I am really stumped here. Anything help you could provide would be fantastic.

Thx,
Jim

Could anyone help me out with this problem?

Thx,
Jim

session is an object for ur IIS & can call from all pages that r running in that IIS! so there in no need to pass it.

Always:),
Hovik Melkomian.

Hi All,

Absolutely great news. I got it working. : -)
Your not going to believe what happened. I actually had everything (the code that is) correct. I had a very good laugh when I figured out that my Firewall was blocking any access of my session variables. I turned my Firewall off and everything worked perfect.....absolutely perfect.

Well, I had a good laugh at myself. I should have known to turn off this program way before I started this webpage design.
Lesson learned I guess......

I just want to say thanks to all for taking the time to help out a beginner. Really appreciate it. I'm sure I'll get stuck on something else (hopefully not the easy stuff). This discussion board is great. Its saving me from pulling out my hair.

Thanks Again,
Jim