Can an ASP.NET application access the standard ASP.NET UserId guid without access to the parent applications provider?

Question

I have written a application which resides in a subdirectory of the parent, or root application.

The root application uses a custom membership provider, but all the code for it is in the App_Code directory, and it's compiled deep into the Temp files for ASP.NET.

Therefore, it complains that it's missing a reference to the provider when I do:

Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey

I need to get the UserId guid for shoving into some database table for tracking. Is there any other way to get at this key from a child application? Or is there a way to make a child application load DLLs from the parents reference directories?

Answer 1

One approach is moving your custom membership provider into separate class library (DLL) project. Then, you'll be able to access it both from the root and child websites.