Testing user role , Authorize attribute in VB.NET

Question

I am using ASP.NET MVC to build a site. I am using VB as programming language.I have couple of questions.

1 I have created a role "Manager". How Do I check if a user belongs to this particular role?

For now I am using

If My.User.IsInRole("Manager") Then

'Direct to a view
Else
'Direct to another view
End If

Is this the right way?

2 How to use the Authorize attribute to limit access to a Function?

I know in C# it goes [Authorize (Roles ="Manager")] but not sure in VB.

Also can I define property to redirect a user who does not have "Manager" role to a particular view when trying to access this function .

Thanks in advance.

BenB · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-23 05:10:25Z

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in vb it would be:

<Authorize(Roles := "Manager")> _

answered Jan 23, 2010 at 5:10

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Thanks. Can I define some where to redirect the unauthorized user to a particular view?

@fireBand: Did you ever find an answer to the redirect question?

I'm going to try and find an answer (as I am looking too) to help the next person...

asp.net/web-forms/tutorials/security/membership/… will redirect to another page if the access level is denied.