FormsAuthenticationTicket.Version Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.Security
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets the version number of the ticket.

public:
 property int Version { int get(); };
public int Version { get; }
member this.Version : int
Public ReadOnly Property Version As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The version number of the ticket. The default is 2.

Examples

The following code example displays the property values of the FormsAuthenticationTicket for the current logged-on user.

Note

If there is no logged-on user, the Identity property will be null and you will receive a compiler exception when attempting to cast the Identity property as a FormsIdentity object.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    private void Page_Load(Object Src, EventArgs e)
    {
        Welcome.InnerHtml = "Hello, " +
            Server.HtmlEncode(User.Identity.Name);
    
       FormsIdentity id = (FormsIdentity)User.Identity;
       FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = id.Ticket;
       
       cookiePath.Text = ticket.CookiePath;
       expireDate.Text = ticket.Expiration.ToString();
       expired.Text = ticket.Expired.ToString();
       isPersistent.Text = ticket.IsPersistent.ToString();
       issueDate.Text = ticket.IssueDate.ToString();
       name.Text = ticket.Name;
       userData.Text = ticket.UserData;
       version.Text = ticket.Version.ToString();
    
    
    }
    private void Signout_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
        Response.Write("Logged out - cookie deleted.");
    }

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Forms Authentication</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h3>Forms Authentication Example</h3>
    <span id="Welcome" runat="server"> </span>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <input type="submit" value="Signout" runat="server" onserverclick="Signout_Click" />
        <h3>Forms Authentication Ticket Properties</h3> 
            <table>
                <tbody>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            CookiePath: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="cookiePath" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Expiration: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="expireDate" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Expired: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="expired" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            IsPersistent: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="isPersistent" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            IssueDate: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="issueDate" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Name: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="name" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            UserData: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="userData" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Version: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="version" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
            <p>
            </p>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Welcome.InnerHtml = "Hello, " + _
            Server.HtmlEncode(User.Identity.Name)
    
       Dim id As FormsIdentity = CType(User.Identity, FormsIdentity) 
       Dim ticket As FormsAuthenticationTicket = id.Ticket 

       cookiePath.Text = ticket.CookiePath
       expireDate.Text = ticket.Expiration.ToString()
       expired.Text = ticket.Expired.ToString()
       isPersistent.Text = ticket.IsPersistent.ToString()
       issueDate.Text = ticket.IssueDate.ToString()
       name.Text = ticket.Name
       userData.Text = ticket.UserData
       version.Text = ticket.Version.ToString()
    End Sub

    Sub Signout_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        FormsAuthentication.SignOut()
        Response.Write("Logged out - cookie deleted.")
    End Sub

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Forms Authentication</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h3>Forms Authentication Example</h3>
    <span id="Welcome" runat="server"> </span>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <input type="submit" value="Signout" runat="server" onserverclick="Signout_Click" />
        <h3>Forms Authentication Ticket Properties</h3> 
            <table>
                <tbody>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            CookiePath: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="cookiePath" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Expiration: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="expireDate" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Expired: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="expired" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            IsPersistent: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="isPersistent" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            IssueDate: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="issueDate" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Name: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="name" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            UserData: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="userData" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                            Version: 
                        </td>
                        <td><asp:Label id="version" runat="server" />
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
            <p>
            </p>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

If the FormsAuthenticationTicket is created using a constructor that does not supply a version parameter, the Version property returns 2; otherwise, the version property returns the value supplied to the FormsAuthenticationTicket constructor.

Applies to

See also