Venturing late into the .NET world, I appreciate the book and its insights and examples. However, I am having difficulty with the Page Load Event of MyAccount.aspx.

The line:

Dim currentUser As New AccBusiness.User( _
                   CType(Context.User, SitePrincipal))

Gives me the dreaded "Specified Cast is not valid" error.

The application is configured for FORM validation.

The SitePrincipal class Implements System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal

I have modified the original code to use my own database. The Login routine works fine. As well as the cookie for revisiting the site. It is only in trying to load the data for the edit page that i get an error.

Anyone have a clear understanding of why it is happening?

Or at least a definitive work-around?


Thanks in advance


Dave Haunschild

This is a common issue. Did you read the .doc file included with the VB.NET source code?

Someone please explain this further. I have read the text document which came with the code download and I can not for the life of me, figure out why I am getting the cast error for my CType(context.User, SitePrincipal). It seems as though on rare occassions it is actually working for me. isauthenticated is working very consistently, but I can not figure why TypeOf Context.User Is SitePrincipal does not seem to be true. What have I missed, screwed up, or not configured. Please, I don't have that much more hair to loose.

Ok, I finally found the posts concerning Visual Studio regenerating code. After stripping the handles.. from my sub page_load, the code appears to work much better.