Problem using with Firefox vs IE rendering LoginView in ASP.NET

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Hi,

I am using a login control and am having issues with Firefox wanting to display a username <asp:LoginName ID="HeadLoginName" in my LoggedInTemplate (which will always be an email address) as a mailto: element. IE renders it as just text with my css styles.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7276/loginview.jpg[^]

How can I prevent Firefox from rendering the username as an email address? Or, how can I truncate the displayed user name (everything including and after the @) using substring() and IndexOf() embedded in the aspx page?

I have tried:

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string username = this.User.Identity.Name;
    username = changeTheName(username);
    HeadLoginName.FormatString = "Welcome, " + username;
}
private string changeTheName(string username)
{
    //make changes:
    return username.Substring(0, username.IndexOf('@'));
}

but the .cs file does not know the HeadLoginName control exists.

C:\Web\Site.Master.cs(13,32): error CS1061: 'SiteMaster' does not contain a definition for 'User' and no extension method 'User' accepting a first argument of type 'SiteMaster' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
C:\Web\Site.Master.cs(15,9): error CS0103: The name 'HeadLoginName' does not exist in the current context

My problem seems to be that I cannot access the HeadLoginName control from the Page_Load .cs file (Site.Master).

<<<<<<<<<<UPDATE>>>>>>>>>>
This is what I found to work:

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string username = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name;
    username = changeTheName(username);

    LoginName loginName = HeadLoginView.FindControl("HeadLoginName") as LoginName;

    if(loginName != null)
        loginName.FormatString = "Welcome, " + username;
}
private string changeTheName(string username)
{
    //make changes:
    return username.Substring(0, username.IndexOf('@'));
}

Thanks.

Posted 13-Nov-10 3:43am

willworknow1

Updated 13-Nov-10 11:33am

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Solution 1

Just a wild guess:

Could it be that you installed some kind of Firefox Add-on that makes e-mail addresses and links in plain text clickable?

Cheers
Uwe

Posted 13-Nov-10 5:08am

Uwe Keim

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Ed Guzman · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-13T06:13:00

The control that is responsible for displaying the user name is <asp:loginname runat="server" id="HeadLoginName /><br mode=" hold=" /><br mode=" which="" means="" that="" it="" displays="" the="" username="" mode="hold" xmlns:asp="#unknown">You can assign this property on your server side.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.Security;
namespace CodeProjectWeb
{
    public partial class mypage: System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string username = this.User.Identity.Name;
            username = changeTheName(username);
            HeadLoginName.FormatString = "Welcome, " + username;
        }
        private string changeTheName(string username)
        {
            //make your changes:
            return "username changed";
        }
    }

}
Good luck.