How to get ASP.NET Username and Role in Silverlight?

 
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May 11, 2010
 
We have an ASP.NET application that handles authentication and authorization. Recently I added a Silverlight control that needs to know the Username and the Role of the currently logged in user.

Can anyone tell me how this is best done?



May 12, 2010
See if the below links helps you. It has few approaches.

http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/120129/275210.aspx

http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/11325/36194.aspx

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/7cc2760f-50f2-492d-9d62-48ad5c7f70b4/aspnet-membership-and-ro.aspx