Code in Master Page

I'm a real newbie when it comes to web apps.

What I'd like to do is add some code to my .master page. The .master page has a Login control, and I'd like to display something like "Welcome, Guest" or "Welcome, Elvis" when the user is logged in.

I added a label to the master page and tried to do something like

Code:

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<asp:Label ID="lblWelcome" runat="server" Text="Welcome, <%=Login1.UserName %>" ></asp:Label>

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but even when successfully logged in, it just displays "Welcome,".

I guess master pages don't have a code file associated with them? I'm not sure. Searched around, but I'm so ignorant I'm not sure what I'm looking for.

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Mike

I'm assuming you are using 2.0? If so its pretty easy, go to the Login Section on the toobar and drag in a "LoginStatus Control"

Thanks for the reply, yes it's 2.0. I didn't know about the LoginStatus class - pretty nice.

Still, I'd like to tweak it some. I can have the initial text say "Welcome, Guest", but where do I put the code to change that to "Welcome, seidel1" when you log in?

Thanks,
Mike

You can edit the controls using edit template. Also you can put a label in before the controls.

Check out the Wrox book Beginning ASP 2.0, there is a good section on this

Fair enough, I need to do some reading. I have no idea yet what an edit template is, and although I could drop a label in, I still don't know how to manipulate it via code. That's my problem not yours :)

I guess this would be a lot easier on me if a .master file had a code-behind file. If I had somewhere to write some code, I'd be ok I think.

Thanks,
Mike