Hello,

 

I've got Cute Chat 3.1 (.NET 2.0) running on an IIS server on my AD domain. I have set the IIS server to require integrated Windows auth, such that I can retreive the AD user id via the LOGON_USER value from the Request.ServerVariables object. I can also then set a browser session variable such that it will carry that user id through the IE session.

 

My question is: How can I pass this user id variable on to Cute Chat such that it will automatically use it for the user's ID. No need for a user database per se, just need Cute Chat to use the user id I've already declared. I'm hoping to have all the chat users' names automatically filled in, and they not see any Cute Chat login prompt.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jack

 

 

Jack,

 

Cute Chat just need the current username. You can get this user name from sessions, active directory, cookie .....

 

Implement IHttpApplicationUserAdapter interface and Let CuteChat know who has logged in the website

In this step, you need to implement one simple method:

//Retrieves the unique identity of the current user
public CuteSoft.Chat.UserIdentity GetUserIdentity()

Code Example

sstepanski,

Adam,

 

I am the web server admin, not a programmer. We are looking at a "canned" app because our programmers are too busy to write a chat app themselves. I figured your Cute Chat app could fit the bill on my IIS/.NET Intrantet without too much fuss.

 

After hacking away at the global.asax myself, I THINK I've got it working for single sign-on by way of passing the user id to Cute Chat. My code is below. Please let me know how it looks to you. I do suggest you guys enhance the integration documentation by adding an example of IE/Intranet single sign-on. 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jack

 

*****global.asax***********

<%@ Application Codebehind="Global.asax.cs" Inherits="SamplePortal.Global" %>

<%@ Implements Interface="CuteSoft.Chat.IHttpApplicationUserAdapter" %>

<Script runat=server Language=VB>

 
#Region " IHttpApplicationUserAdapter Members "
   
    Public Function GetUserUniqueName() As String Implements CuteSoft.Chat.IHttpApplicationUserAdapter.GetUserUniqueName
        Session("userid")=ucase (Mid(Request.ServerVariables("LOGON_USER"),6))
 Return Session("userid")
    End Function
   
    Public Function GetUserIdentity() As CuteSoft.Chat.UserIdentity Implements CuteSoft.Chat.IHttpApplicationUserAdapter.GetUserIdentity
        Dim un As String = GetUserUniqueName()
        If un Is Nothing Then
            Return CuteSoft.Chat.UserIdentity.CreateNull()
        End If

        Return New CuteSoft.Chat.UserIdentity(un, Nothing, Context.Request.UserHostAddress)
    End Function
   
#End Region

   
</Script>