Authentication
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Authentication
Recently I was working on a project where a Windows Application needed to access Web Application via Web Services. Web Application was using FormsAuthentication. And Windows Application had to "log-in" to the Web Service in order to interact with it. So the solution I found to be working as desired is as follows.
My Web Service has a LogIn method:
public void LogIn(string username, string password){ if (!System.Web.Security.Membership.Provider.ValidateUser(username, password)) throw new System.Security.SecurityException("Enable to login"); System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(username, true);}
And my Windows Application has this code to call my Web Service:
private MyWebService myWebService;private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs...