Set Cookie at log In

Hi All,

I have a page with a form on it, and after a user fills out the information in the page they can then enter the site after hitting a submit button. The users are complaining that they have to do this every time they go to the site. Is there a tutorial or somewhere I could be pointed to learn how to set a cookie so a returning visitor to the site doesnt have to fill out the form again?

Thanks

Re: Set Cookie at log In

i think this will do it for you. You have to change the timeout.

Dim ticket As New FormsAuthenticationTicket(1, UserId, DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(30), False, String.Empty, FormsAuthentication.FormsCookiePath)
Dim encryptedTicket As String = FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(ticket)
Dim authCookie As HttpCookie = New HttpCookie(FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName, encryptedTicket)
Response.Cookies.Add(authCookie)

Re: Set Cookie at log In

Hi UstesG,

I dont know JavaScript but should I replace the "FormsCookieName" with the submit button name from the form on the site? I kind of get the gist of what the rest of it means, but Dim isnt that vbscript or does JavaScript use that too?

Thanks again,

Re: Set Cookie at log In

didn't know you meant from JS. This goes in the code behind page in the locin button click event. Once authorized you set the formsAuthentication ticket to not expire for 10 days or whatever you want.

Re: Set Cookie at log In

oh, sorry the site is an html site, so that is why I was researching JavaScript. If it were an asp.net site, I would have made a t-sql check. :-)

Re: Set Cookie at log In

Hello,

Check the below links on how to set/get cookies using javascripts. I Googled them for you.

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp

http://techpatterns.com/downloads/javascript_cookies.php

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/javascript/article.php/3470821/So-You-Want-To-Set-A-Cookie-Huh.htm

http://www.perlscriptsjavascripts.com/js/cookies.html

http://www.thonky.com/javascript-and-css-guide/set-cookie/

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/tutorials/javascript/cookies

Re: Set Cookie at log In

Hi,

You can check few posts here

http://delicious.com/anupdg/cookie