I would like to get the current user's profile at the BLL, the ASP.NET 2.0 WebSite Programming book places the BLL & DAL under the App_Code. In our solution the BLL, DAL and other layers are in different projects, but in one solution. The project outputs (dll)are builded in the web project's bin directory.

I would like to do this:

System.Web.ProfileCommon profile = (ProfileCommon)HttpContext.Current.Profile;

or

//ProfileCommon profile = HttpContext.Current.Profile as ProfileCommon;

these is my using section for the experiment:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

using System.Data;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.Profile;
using System.Web.Handlers;

using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

The error message says:

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'ProfileCommon' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Error 2 The type or namespace name 'ProfileCommon' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Please try to help me with this case.

Thanks in advance!

Try adding 'using xyz.namespace.DLL' for any code you are referencing in a particular namespace?

How do You mean this?

I have error in this line:

ProfileCommon profile = (ProfileCommon)HttpContext.Current.Profile;

or

System.Web.ProfileCommon profile = (System.Web.ProfileCommon)HttpContext.Current.Prof ile;

the ProfileCommon is the unknown thing.

Sorry to revive a very old topic, but I'm running into the same problem. I don't seem to be able to access the profile of any given username inside my BLL.

Does anyone have an idea. I get the same error stated as the initial posted.