get username after login - asp.net

Question

I want to get the username after login but it doesn't work.
public partial class Login : System.Web.UI.Page
{
string strUser;
protected void Login1_LoggedIn(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
strUser = Membership.GetUser().UserName;
Response.Redirect("Home");
}
protected void Login1_Authenticate(object sender, AuthenticateEventArgs e)
{
strUser = Membership.GetUser().UserName;
Response.Redirect("Home");
}
}
This is my error:

Answer 1

Membership.GetUser().UserName is null, because the new principal object is not attached to the current HttpContext object yet.
So you need to explicitly retrieve that recently logged-in user using username from Login control.
Update: Credit to jadarnel27
protected void Login1_Authenticate(object sender, AuthenticateEventArgs e)
{
// Get the username from login control and retrieves the user info explicitly
Membership user = Membership.GetUser(Login1.Username);
...
}

Answer 2

You need to check and make sure the user's login was successful. It looks like you're just using standard ASP.NET membership, so this should work:
protected void Login1_Authenticate(object sender, AuthenticateEventArgs e)
{
if(e.Authenticated)
{
strUser = Membership.GetUser().UserName;
Response.Redirect("Home");
}
else
{
strUser = "Login Failed!";
}
}
It's been a while since I worked with these controls, but you might need to determine the value of e.Authenticated yourself first and set it. If so, you need to put this before the if-block I wrote above:
bool authenticated = Membership.ValidateUser(Login1.UserName, Login1.Password);
e.Authenticated = authenticated;
I think vanilla ASP.NET membership handles that part for you; if you were using a custom authentication scheme, you would definitely need to do that step.