logging in to ableCommerce via commerceBuilder api

Question

i am trying to log in and authenticate with able Commerce? i am using their DLLs (commerceBuilder)

i have tried

dim user as new commerceBuilder.users.user
user.username = "ABC"
user.password = "PASS"
user.adress = "www.websider.com"

does anyone know how to do this?

Answer 1

AbleCommerce makes use of ASP.NET Forms Authentication with custom membership provider. First validate the user and then if credentials are passed switch context user and set authentication cookie

if (Membership.ValidateUser(username, password))
{
      var user = UserDataSource.LoadForUserName(username);
      AbleContext.Current.User = user;
      FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(user.UserName, false)
}