Hi Alex, tank you for the answer and sorry for my delay.

The problem is that when I open a page I must do some checks (ex. on login state, members, and other things).

So...I tried to create a custom surface controller but when I try to call it with @Html.Action("ChecksBeforeRenderPage","AFController"), but I receive some errors

I tried to create my custom render mvc controller but I cannot call my custom method.

What I wrong?

Can you give me a simple example how can I do that?

Thank you A.

Yeah, I referenced the library in the view

This is my code:

View

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage
@using AF.Tools.For.UmbracoV8.Controllers
@using Umbraco.Web
@{
    Layout = null;

    //Check SSO Auth status
    @Html.Action("CheckSSOAuth","ADFS");
}

//When SSO authentication pass, the page can be displayed

Controller

using Umbraco.Web;
using Umbraco.Web.Composing;
using Umbraco.Web.Models;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;

namespace AF.Tools.For.UmbracoV8.Controllers
{
    public class ADFSController : SurfaceController
    {
        protected static NameValueCollection ldapSettings = (NameValueCollection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("ldapSettings");
        protected static string LDAPConnectionString = ldapSettings["ADLDAPConnectionString"].ToString();
        protected static string ADDomain = ldapSettings["ADDomain"].ToString();
        protected static string ADPath = ldapSettings["ADPath"].ToString();
        protected static string ADAdmUsername = ldapSettings["ADDomain"].ToString() + "\\" + ldapSettings["ADAdmUsername"].ToString();
        protected static string ADAdmPassword = ldapSettings["ADAdmPassword"].ToString();
        protected static UserPrincipal ADUser = null;

        public ActionResult CheckSSOAuth()
        {
        string ReturnUrl = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri;
        string redirectUrl = "https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/login/?returl=" + ReturnUrl;
        var SamlResponseCookie = Request.Cookies["samlresponse"];
        var UserInfoCookie = Request.Cookies["userinfo"];

        LoginStatusModel UserStatus = Members.GetCurrentLoginStatus();

        string NewMemberPassword = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_" + DateTime.Today.ToBinary();

        if (SamlResponseCookie != null)
        {
            dynamic SamlResponseCookieValue = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(HttpUtility.UrlDecode(Request.Cookies["samlresponse"].Value));

            if (UserInfoCookie != null)
            {
                dynamic UserInfoCookieValue = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(HttpUtility.UrlDecode(Request.Cookies["userinfo"].Value));

                if (UserInfoCookieValue["username"] != string.Empty)
                {
                    if (!UserStatus.IsLoggedIn)
                    {
                        var CurrentMember = Members.GetByUsername(UserInfoCookieValue["username"].ToString());

                        var domainContext = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, ADDomain, ADPath, ADAdmUsername, ADAdmPassword);
                        ADUser = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(domainContext, UserInfoCookieValue["username"].ToString());

                        if (CurrentMember == null)
                        {
                            var _newMember = Services.MemberService.CreateMember(ADUser.SamAccountName, UserInfoCookieValue["mail"], ADUser.DisplayName.Trim().ToUpper(), "AFMemberGroup");
                            Services.MemberService.Save(_newMember);
                            Services.MemberService.AssignRole(_newMember.Id, "AFMemberGroup");
                            Services.MemberService.SavePassword(_newMember, NewMemberPassword);

                            CurrentMember = Members.GetByUsername(_newMember.Username);

                            UpdateMemberDetails(CurrentMember, SamlResponseCookie, UserInfoCookie);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            if ((CurrentMember.Username != ADUser.SamAccountName) || (CurrentMember.Email != ADUser.UserPrincipalName) || (CurrentMember.Name != ADUser.DisplayName))
                            {
                                CurrentMember.Username = ADUser.SamAccountName;
                                CurrentMember.Email = ADUser.UserPrincipalName;
                                CurrentMember.Name = ADUser.DisplayName;

                                Services.MemberService.Save(CurrentMember);
                            }
                        }

                        FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(UserInfoCookieValue["username"], true);
                    }

                    return View();
                }
                else
                {
                    Session.Clear();

                    UserInfoCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);

                    SamlResponseCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);

                    if (UserStatus.IsLoggedIn)
                    {
                        FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
                    }

                    Response.Redirect(redirectUrl);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Session.Clear();

                    UserInfoCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);

                    SamlResponseCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);

                    if (UserStatus.IsLoggedIn)
                    {
                        FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
                    }

                    Response.Redirect(redirectUrl);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Session.Clear();

            UserInfoCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);

            SamlResponseCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);

            if (UserStatus.IsLoggedIn)
            {
                FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
            }

            Response.Redirect(redirectUrl);
        }

        return View();
    }

    private void UpdateMemberDetails(IMember CurrentMember, HttpCookie SamlResponseCookie, HttpCookie UserInfoCookieValue)
    {
        ...
    }
}
}

With this code, I receive this error:

'Umbraco.Web.PublishedModels.AFMemberGroup' does not contain a definition for 'Username'

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:     Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException: 'Umbraco.Web.PublishedModels.AFMemberGroup' does not contain a definition for 'Username'

Source Error:


Line 5:     Layout = null;
Line 6:     
Line 7:      @Html.Action("CheckSSOAuth","ADFS");
Line 8:  }
Line 9:  <!DOCTYPE html>

Source File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot_intranet\Views\ADFSLogin.cshtml    Line: 7

...

The code that throw the excepton is:

if ((CurrentMember.Username != ADUser.SamAccountName) || (CurrentMember.Email != ADUser.UserPrincipalName) || (CurrentMember.Name != ADUser.DisplayName))

...

So I also tried to change this code:

var CurrentMember = Members.GetByUsername(UserInfoCookieValue["username"].ToString());

with this code (that I safely use in other surface controller):

var CurrentMember = Services.MemberService.GetByUsername(UserInfoCookieValue["username"].ToString());

but I receive the following error

'Umbraco.Core.Services.IMemberService' does not contain a definition for 'GetByUsername'

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: Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException: 'Umbraco.Core.Services.IMemberService' does not contain a definition for 'GetByUsername'

Source Error:


Line 5:     Layout = null;
Line 6:     
Line 7:      @Html.Action("CheckSSOAuth","ADFS");
Line 8:  }
Line 9:  <!DOCTYPE html>

Source File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot_intranet\Views\ADFSLogin.cshtml    Line: 7

...

I also tried using RenderMvcController...but nothing. I have same problems.

I changed the title of the post, because I don't need to return a bool but to view the page