Hi Jan,

You can either use the built in .NET Membership provider method:

Membership.GetUser() 

Or the old way using:

umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member.Member.GetCurrentMember()

Thanks, Dan.

But then the problem arises when you want to use the new MembershipService together with the "old" type of umbraco member since they are not the same type.

How do I convert the old type to IMember?

I don't think there is way to convert between the two without first obtaining the Member ID you wish to convert. You could try the following:

var oldMember = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member.Member.GetCurrentMember();
var newMember = ApplicationContext.Services.MemberService.GetById(oldMember.Id);

If you were to only use the new services, to find the current Member you could use the following:

var username = Membership.GetUser().UserName;
var member = ApplicationContext.Services.MemberService.GetByUsername(username);

For the benefit of future searchers, you are able to get

(MemberPublishedContent)Members.GetCurrentMember();

Which returns a read-only object like IPublishedContent, but with the other member-specific properties too (Username, Email, IsApproved etc).

You'll still need to use the MemberService to save data but this is a handy cast for display purposes.

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