Hi,

I have tried searching for this but dnn search always just times out for me :-((.

I need to create a DNN portal (new one using 5.x.x), in which I can create and manage users, provide various pages etc. = no problem so far

Now - I also want to be able to launch a Silverlight 3 application from within here - again = no problem been there done that

I do however want the Silverlight app to be able to access the DNN login details so that my Silverlight app can use the same users as DNN

The database would be the same one for both apps - so all DNN users would be present in the ASPNET data tables

Is there any way that these can be linked just to share the same users, roles and passwords. Then I can use DNN for user maintenance, roles etc., (for which it is GREAT) and simply log in directly from my Silverlight app(s) to display data to my users.

NB The Silverlight apps would also be able to run stand-alone from DNN - once downloaded and installed etc. as desktop apps

Many Thanks - and apologies if this has already been answered but as I said - search has not worked (for me) on DNN for AGES :-O - it always seems to just time out :-(.

Regards

Graham

You can use the membership class of AspNetSqlMembershipProvider (Membership.ValidateUser method). If (Membership.ValidateUser(user,password)) Then..

This will work for users, but not for roles because AspNetSqlMembershipProvider roles are not in synch with DNNroles

Hi,

Not quite sure why this posting has come to life again suddenly today - but I managed to resolve this issue some time back, and now have a Silverlight3 app successfully extracting login and user role details from DNN. Bit of a pain when developing the code off-site (ie remotely from the DNN portal) but it builds, and I manage local testing by turning off authentication to prevent it from trying to connect to a local DNN which doesn't exist!.

So long back I can't even recall where I found the solution - but it works well - IF you ensure that you regularly hit DNN to keep the login from timing out. I now do this with a Silverlight timer, and perform a simple authenticated lookup - works for me....

Hope this hslps someone else...I can post the relevant code if needed....

Thanks for the feedback though....

Regards

Graham