ReportServerCredentials.SetFormsCredentials Method (Cookie, String, String, String)

Specifies that forms authentication is to be used when connecting to the report server and provides the forms credentials.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms
Assembly:  Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms (in Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.dll)

Syntax

public void SetFormsCredentials(
    Cookie authCookie,
    string userName,
    string password,
    string authority
)

public:
void SetFormsCredentials(
    Cookie^ authCookie,
    String^ userName,
    String^ password,
    String^ authority
)

member SetFormsCredentials : 
        authCookie:Cookie *
        userName:string *
        password:string *
        authority:string -> unit

Public Sub SetFormsCredentials (
    authCookie As Cookie,
    userName As String,
    password As String,
    authority As String
)

Parameters

• authCookie
  Type: System.Net.Cookie

  An authentication cookie used by the report server.

• userName
  Type: System.String

  The user name that will be used to connect to the report server.

• password
  Type: System.String

  The password that will be used to connect to the report server.

• authority
  Type: System.String

  The authority to use when authenticating the user, for example, a Windows domain name.

Examples

Legacy Code Example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Net;

namespace ReportServerCredentialsSample
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            reportViewer1.ProcessingMode = Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ProcessingMode.Remote;

            reportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportPath = 
                @"/Adventureworks Sample Reports/Company Sales";

            reportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials.SetFormsCredentials(
                null, <UserName>, <Password>, <DomainName>);

            reportViewer1.RefreshReport();
        }
    }
}

See Also

ReportServerCredentials Class
Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms Namespace

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