Hey guys

I am an ASP.NET Developer. Pretty new to DNN. It actually seems quite complex coding across so many different layers. I have a project to do involving AUTOMATICALLY logging in users if they fall into a certain IP range. With some settings as well, for example

If a user is from IP 10.0.0.6 then REDIRECT to home.aspx, else take to regular login screen.

At first I thought I would create a custom module and add it, but it seems that the login feature is 'hard coded' into any DNN website.

I usually develop in C Sharp, and I see all the DNN code is in VB.

1)  Am I correct in assuming I would have to edit the DNN existing code for visual basic to pull this off, or would a custom module be possible?

2)  Also any Help of what modules or files I would need to work on would be great. The DNN standard documentation seems a little cryptic

Thank for all the help

Chris,

It may or may not fit your needs (hard to tell exactly based on the email), but you could look into SW.AutoLogon.  It has several modes for automatically logging users in, amongst them, a "LoginSwitcher" and "LinkButton" (link button has automatic mode that can lock down based on IP range).  If it doesn't meet your needs but comes close let me know and I could look about adding the features to meet your needs.

Otherwise, you can develop modules in C# or VB, doesn't matter.  I use C# for all the modules I develop -- I have 3 commercially available modules, 1 free one, and have developed 15+ in house for my day job.  See Michael Washington's tutorials for module development.  His site: http://adefwebserver.com/DotNetNukeHELP/

Good luck!

Ok thanks for the help

I have done quite a bit of work so far.

I only have one problem now, maybe someone can help me out again

I want to auto login a specific user. Say Mike

Now I use the command called UserController.ValidateUser("Mike","Password")

now the problem is, I have to pass this method the username (which I have) and the password (which is stored in the database). From what I can see, it is stored in a MD5 hash format. So is there any method in which I can retrieve the password, and then validate the user?