Pass username & password to an invisible Login Control to validate? - asp.net

Question

In my master page, on the menu there is an icon which uses Jquery to slide, showing 2 textboxes (username, password) for users to enter & 1 submit button. My idea is that after submitting, I get values of these 2 fields to assigned it to an invisible Login Control in my MasterPage, then validate automatically.
I could get values and assign but problem is I don't know how to trigger the Login button in Login Control (how to force it to process information)? the DataBind() func doesn't work
Master.master
<div id="login">
<p>
<asp:Login ID="Login2" runat="server" DestinationPageUrl="~/Index.aspx" LoginButtonStyle-CssClass="button_login"
TextBoxStyle-CssClass="input-name" Visible="false">
</asp:Login>
<asp:TextBox ID="inputUser" CssClass="input-name" Text="Username" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:TextBox ID="inputPassword" CssClass="input-pass" Text="Password" runat="server"
TextMode="Password"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="btn_login" CssClass="button_login" runat="server" OnClick="triggerLogin" />
</p>
</div>
Main.master.cs:
protected void triggerLogin(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Login2.UserNameLabelText = inputUser.Text;
Login2.PasswordLabelText = inputPassword.Text;
Login2.DataBind();
}
Actually I already have a login page which processes individually, is it possible to pass information to that page to process?

Answer 1

You can add your username and password int o a session.
Something like:
Session["user"] = inputUser.Text;
Session["pass"] = inputPassword.Text;
By using that you can access the username,password in your pages.
var myusername = Session["user"].ToString();
var mypassword= Session["pass"].ToString();
Check this on MSDN:
ASP.NET State Management Overview
How to: Pass Values Between ASP.NET Web Pages
Regards

Answer 2

Yeah, I've found out the solution, without having to use Login Control. I can do it manually.
<asp:TextBox ID="inputUser" CssClass="input-name" Text="Username" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:TextBox ID="inputPassword" CssClass="input-pass" Text="Password" runat="server"
TextMode="Password"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="btn_login" CssClass="button_login" runat="server" OnClick="triggerLogin" />
Codebehind:
protected void triggerLogin(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox txtbxInputUser = (TextBox)Page.Master.FindControl("inputUser");
TextBox txtbxInputPass = (TextBox)Page.Master.FindControl("inputPassword");
Label samplelabel1 = (Label)Page.Master.FindControl("sampleLabel1");
if (System.Web.Security.Membership.ValidateUser(txtbxInputUser.Text, txtbxInputPass.Text))
{
System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(txtbxInputUser.Text, false);
}
else
{
Response.Redirect("Login.aspx?Attempt=wrong");
}
}