What version of Umbraco are you using?  You should not need all of those properties defined in webconfig.  Charlie :)

I am on v6.1.3 and that is what I though, but if I comment out the <properties>...</properties> section (or just the offending lines) in the web.config I end up with errors like this

The settings property 'auth_guid' was not found.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyNotFoundException: The settings property 'auth_guid' was not found.

Source Error: 


Line 32:             set
Line 33:             {
Line 34:                 base.SetPropertyValue("auth_guid", value);
Line 35:             }
Line 36:         }

Any suggestions?

Ah i think i see the problem can you tlell em what the property name is and what the property alias is?  Charlie.

Also in the class that has the properties in should this not be inherting from ProfileBase?.  You should create a new ProfileBase for the user and set the properties agiasnt that users profile?  If that makes sense.  Charlie.

Hey Charlie, everything follows the same naming convention, so here is an example.

In the backend: Property Name - 'First Name' Property Alias - 'member_firstname'

I went through the pain of realizing that I needed to change the property alias as per the comments on Mike's blog post which I was following.

Brilliant, and ha yes that was a real pain to figure out! Can you remove the stuff from the web config?  And what error do you get then?

Have a look http://charlesafford.com/umbraco-membership-provider.aspx

That will work without webconfig

The class is pretty much word or word from Mike's blog, all I added was the bit for also storing a DateTime value for the 'Date of Birth' field.

using System;
using System.Web.Profile;
using System.Web.Security;

namespace MT.Flag.UmbracoTests
{
    public class MemberProfile : ProfileBase
    {

        public static MemberProfile GetUserProfile(string username)
        {
            return Create(username) as MemberProfile;
        }

        public static MemberProfile GetUserProfile()
        {
            return Create(Membership.GetUser().UserName) as MemberProfile;
        }

        [SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)]
        public string AuthGuid
        {
            get
            {
                var o = base.GetPropertyValue("auth_guid");
                if (o == DBNull.Value)
                {
                    return string.Empty;
                }
                return (string)o;
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetPropertyValue("auth_guid", value);
            }
        }

        [SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)]
        public string FirstName
        {
            get
            {
                var o = base.GetPropertyValue("member_firstname");
                if (o == DBNull.Value)
                {
                    return string.Empty;
                }
                return (string)o;
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetPropertyValue("member_firstname", value);
            }
        }

        [SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)]
        public string LastName
        {
            get
            {
                var o = base.GetPropertyValue("member_lastname");
                if (o == DBNull.Value)
                {
                    return string.Empty;
                }
                return (string)o;
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetPropertyValue("member_lastname", value);
            }
        }

        [SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)]
        public string MiddleName
        {
            get
            {
                var o = base.GetPropertyValue("member_middlename");
                if (o == DBNull.Value)
                {
                    return string.Empty;
                }
                return (string)o;
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetPropertyValue("member_middlename", value);
            }
        }

        [SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)]
        public DateTime DateOfBirth
        {
            get
            {
                var o = base.GetPropertyValue("member_dateofbirth");
                if (o == DBNull.Value)
                {
                    return new DateTime();
                }
                return (DateTime)o;
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetPropertyValue("member_dateofbirth", value);
            }
        }
    }
}

ah i see ok, what type is date of birth?  and you dont need the properties section in web config.  Should work fine with out it

The 'date of birth' property is defined as a datepicker in the backend.

I am still staring at your blog trying to figure out if I missed something because if I remove the properties section in the web config it still blows up. Here is the error and stack trace with the properties section removed:

Server Error in '/' Application.

The settings property 'auth_guid' was not found.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyNotFoundException: The settings property 'auth_guid' was not found.

Source Error: 


Line 32:             set
Line 33:             {
Line 34:                 base.SetPropertyValue("auth_guid", value);
Line 35:             }
Line 36:         }

Source File: d:\Web Sites\RegisterAndValidate\RegisterAndValidate\WebApplication1\MemberProfile.cs    Line: 34 

Stack Trace: 


[SettingsPropertyNotFoundException: The settings property 'auth_guid' was not found.]
   System.Configuration.SettingsBase.SetPropertyValueByName(String propertyName, Object propertyValue) +1388883
   System.Configuration.SettingsBase.set_Item(String propertyName, Object value) +126
   System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase.SetInternal(String propertyName, Object value) +141
   System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase.set_Item(String propertyName, Object value) +80
   System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase.SetPropertyValue(String propertyName, Object propertyValue) +13
   MT.Flag.UmbracoTests.MemberProfile.set_AuthGuid(String value) in d:\Web Sites\RegisterAndValidate\RegisterAndValidate\WebApplication1\MemberProfile.cs:34
   MT.Flag.UmbracoTests.usercontrols.memberRegister.cwMember_CreatedUser(Object sender, EventArgs e) in d:\Web Sites\RegisterAndValidate\RegisterAndValidate\WebApplication1\memberRegister.ascx.cs:30
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.OnCreatedUser(EventArgs e) +116
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.AttemptCreateUser() +342
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.OnNextButtonClick(WizardNavigationEventArgs e) +110
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +401
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +119
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.WizardChildTable.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +16
   System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +37
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e) +114
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +159
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +13
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +35
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1724

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.18044

I think at the moment this line 

return(DateTime)o;

Is trying to case a string to be a DateTime

Are you using VisualStudio? if so dont use the var keyword. Use string intead.

string o =base.GetPropertyValue("member_dateofbirth"); //this will return a string

now when you try to case o as DateTime you should get a compile error

return(DateTime)o;

I think you need return DateTime.Parse(o);

or to be safe you should use

DateTime.TryParse(o, out somestring);

Ok what is the alias and name for auth_guid

The name and alias for auth_guid is Auth_GUID and auth_guid in the backend. I just realized that that could have the same naming issue as the other properties, so I changed the alias to member__auth_guid and changed the references in the class to match. Still gettting the same errors when I remove the properties section from the web.config

I also took a look at the return(DateTime)o; line and it seems to be OK. The form is using a <input type="text"> to store the date (using bootstrap-datepicker.js to make the text input act like a nice datepicker) as a string. When I look at the line var o = base.GetPropertyValue("member_dateofbirth"); in VS Express it says it is a string and there are no compile errors. Also, it works! (I know that doesn't mean it is right, but it does provide some weight to it being correct).

Now I have confused myself. It is not a string... it is an object of DateTime.

Ok is the name and the alias the same for member__auth_guid 

These have to be diffrent.

So for the name use member__auth_guid

for the alias use _member__auth_guid

You should have a cast error because the GetProperty is returning a string not a DateTime object.  It's safer to DateTime.TryParse.

Hi Charles, I have changed the name and alias for member_auth_guid so that they are now different. I had missed that before. I still can't remove the properties from the web.config, but I am not sure what the advantage of doing so would be? I am sure there is one, but is it so terribly to have the properties in the web.config?

At the moment, it is working as expected. Visual Studio is compiling everything happily and not throwing any errors, or complaining in any way. Members are being created, properties are being applied, and life is good. Thanks for all the help, and if you can tell me a reason to keep arguing with the web.config file, I will be happy to, otherwise I am OK with leaving it as it is.

Cheers! Josh

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