Class EPiServerProfile

The base profile for users in EPiServer. Defines some basic information to implement common personalization solutions in a web site. Also contains personalization data needed for EPiServers edit mode.

Inheritance

System.Object

EPiServerProfile

Namespace: EPiServer.Personalization

Assembly: EPiServer.dll

Version: 9.12.2

Syntax

public class EPiServerProfile : ProfileBase, IQueryableProfile, IQueryablePreference

Examples

Example checks if the user is authenticated and passes some Current User property values for rendering:

            if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
    {
        EPiServerProfile profile = EPiServerProfile.Current;
        firstname.Text = profile.FirstName;
        lastname.Text = profile.LastName;
        email.Text = profile.Email;
        company.Text = profile.Company;
    }

Example that is saving a dummy value in global scope, this information will be available on all pages for this user.

            // Print current value
    if (EPiServerProfile.Current["MyTestKey"] != null)
        Response.Write(EPiServerProfile.Current["MyTestKey"]);

    // Set new value
    EPiServerProfile.Current["MyTestKey"] = "MyTestValue";

Example of greeting a user with name.

            if (EPiServerProfile.Current != null)
    {
        if (EPiServerProfile.Current.FirstName != null)
            Response.Write("Greetings " + EPiServerProfile.Current.FirstName);
    }

Constructors

EPiServerProfile()

Initializes a new instance of the EPiServerProfile class.

Declaration

public EPiServerProfile()

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException	The enabled attribute of the profile section of the Web.config file is false.
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException	A property type specified in the profile section of the Web.config file could not be created. -or- The allowAnonymous attribute for a property in the profile section of the Web.config file is set to true and the enabled attribute of the <anonymousIdentification> element is set to false. -or- The serializeAs attribute for a property in the profile section of the Web.config file is set to System.Configuration.SettingsSerializeAs.Binary and the System.Type.IsSerializable property of the specified type returns false. -or- The name of a provider specified using the provider attribute of a profile property could not be found in the System.Web.Profile.ProfileManager.Providers collection. -or- The type specified for a profile property could not be found. -or- A profile property was specified with a name that matches a property name on the base class specified in the inherits attribute of the profile section.

EPiServerProfile(ProfileBase)

Initializes a new instance of the EPiServerProfile class.

Declaration

public EPiServerProfile(ProfileBase wrappedProfile)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase	wrappedProfile	The wrapped profile.

Properties

ClientToolsActivationKey

Typed access to the "ClientToolsActivationKey" value. Key needed for the client tools.

Declaration

public string ClientToolsActivationKey { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The client tools activation key.

Company

Typed access to the "Company" value.

Declaration

public string Company { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The company.

Context

Gets the associated settings context.

Declaration

public override SettingsContext Context { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Configuration.SettingsContext

Country

Typed access to the "Country" value.

Declaration

public string Country { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The country.

Culture

Gets or sets the users preferred UI language in the form of a System.Globalization.CultureInfo object. This is equivalent to the Language property.

Declaration

public CultureInfo Culture { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Globalization.CultureInfo

Current

Gets the profile for the current user.

Declaration

public static EPiServerProfile Current { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EPiServerProfile	The EPiServerProfile object.

Remarks

Pulls the current profile from ASP.NET, but will throw exceptions if profiles are not enabled or if the profile is of the wrong type.

CustomExplorerTreePanel

Typed access to the "CustomExplorerTreePanel" value. The favorite pages for the user, displayed in the favorites tab in the page explorer.

Declaration

public string CustomExplorerTreePanel { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The custom explorer tree panel.

DisplayName

Returns the user name in a format suitable for display.

Declaration

public string DisplayName { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The display name of the user.

Remarks

If FirstName is defined, will return "FirstName LastName (UserName)", otherwise return "UserName".

EditTreeSettings

Typed access to the "EditTreeSettings" value. What icons the user wishes to see in the page tree.

Declaration

public GuiSettings EditTreeSettings { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
GuiSettings	The edit tree settings.

Email

Typed access to the "email" value.

Declaration

public string Email { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The email.

EmailWithMembershipFallback

Gets the email address of the current user.

Declaration

public string EmailWithMembershipFallback { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The email address, or null if not defined.

Remarks

Will first try to get email address from the profile data. If no email address defined, attempt to load email address from the current membership provider.

Note that the membership provider might not be defined or the provider might not support email address information.

In case of error we return null and log information with error level Error.

Enabled

Gets a value indicating whether profiles are enabled and there is a current profile record.

Declaration

public static bool Enabled { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	`true` if enabled; otherwise, `false`.

Remarks

If this property returns true, then a call to EPiServerProfile.Current will not throw an exception.

FileManagerFavourites

Typed access to the "FileManagerFavourites" value. The favorite locations in the file system for the user.

Declaration

public List<string> FileManagerFavourites { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>	The file manager favourites.

FirstName

Typed access to the "FirstName" value.

Declaration

public string FirstName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The first name.

FrameworkName

Typed access to the "FrameworkName" value. Mode string for requested framework.

Declaration

public string FrameworkName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The name of the framework.

Item[String]

Gets or sets the System.Object with the specified property name.

Declaration

public override object this[string propertyName] { get; set; }

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	propertyName

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object

Language

Typed access to the "Language" value. The language the user wants to see the UI in.

Declaration

public string Language { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The language for the UI.

LastName

Typed access to the "LastName" value.

Declaration

public string LastName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The last name.

PropertyValues

Gets a collection of settings property values.

Declaration

public override SettingsPropertyValueCollection PropertyValues { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyValueCollection

Providers

Gets a collection of settings providers.

Declaration

public override SettingsProviderCollection Providers { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Configuration.SettingsProviderCollection

SubscriptionInfo

Typed access to the "SubscriptionInfo" value. The pages the user is subscribing to and the interval she wishes to get updates.

Declaration

public SubscriptionInfo SubscriptionInfo { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
SubscriptionInfo	The subscription info.

Title

Typed access to the "Title" value.

Declaration

public string Title { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The title.

Methods

Get(String)

Gets the specified profile.

Declaration

public static EPiServerProfile Get(string username)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	username	The user name.

Returns

Type	Description
EPiServerProfile	An EPiServerProfile with profile information for the given user.

Remarks

This is a convenience wrapper to return a profile as an EPiServerProfile. If profiles are not configured or if the returned profile is not of the correct type, returns null. I e will not throw an exception on error.

GetProfiles(String)

Gets the profiles for the passed username.

Declaration

public static IList<EPiServerProfile> GetProfiles(string userName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	userName	Name of the user or role

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IList<EPiServerProfile>	list of profiles

Remarks

If passed in userName is a user then the profile for that user is returned else if passed in userName represents a role profiles for all role members are returned

Save()

Updates the profile data source with changed profile property values.

Declaration

public override void Save()

TryGetProfileValue(String, out Object)

Tries to get a profile value.

Declaration

public bool TryGetProfileValue(string profileProperty, out object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	profileProperty	The name of the profile property.
System.Object	value	The value.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if the value was read successfully, false otherwise.

Remarks

This method can be used as a convenience to handle a flexible profile with optional properties.

TrySetProfileValue(String, Object)

Tries to set a profile value.

Declaration

public bool TrySetProfileValue(string profileProperty, object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	profileProperty	The name of the profile property.
System.Object	value	The value.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if the value was set successfully, false otherwise.

Remarks

This method can be used as a convenience to handle a flexible profile with optional properties.

Wrap(ProfileBase)

Gets an EPiServerProfile from the ProfileBase instance.

Declaration

public static EPiServerProfile Wrap(ProfileBase profile)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase	profile	The ProfileBase instance.

Returns

Type	Description
EPiServerProfile	An EPiServerProfile instance.

Remarks

If the profile is already an EPiServerPrfile it is simply returned, otherwise it is wrapped in an EPiServerProfile instance.

Extension Methods

IdentityObjectExtensions.GetIdentity(Object)

IdentityObjectExtensions.SetIdentity(Object, Identity)

PropertyBagObjectsExtensions.ToPropertyBag(Object)

PropertyBagObjectsExtensions.ToPropertyBag(Object, IEnumerable<String>)

RuntimeModelExtensions.GetOriginalType(Object)