Code in Master Page

[Mike Hildner]

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

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

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

[seidel1]

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"

[Mike Hildner]

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

[seidel1]

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

[Mike Hildner]

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