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How to use ASP.NET Membership in a Console Application

It’s so easy to use powerful ASP.NET Membership, Role and Profile provider in a Windows or Console application. Only one key point remains here; you should add an app.config file to your Console or Windows application and include these nodes in that:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<configuration>
    <connectionStrings>
        <add name="SQLConnString" connectionString="SERVER=(local);DATABASE=SampleApp;UID=sa;PWD=123"/>
    </connectionStrings>
    <system.web>

        <membership defaultProvider="SampleAppMembershipProvider">
            <providers>
                <add name="SampleAppMembershipProvider"
                     connectionStringName="SQLConnString"
                      applicationName="SampleAppMembership"
                      enablePasswordReset="true"
                      enablePasswordRetrieval="false"
                      passwordFormat="Hashed"
                      maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="100"
                      minRequiredPasswordLength="5"
                      minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0"
                      requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"
                      requiresUniqueEmail="true"
                      passwordAttemptWindow="5"
                      passwordStrengthRegularExpression=""
                      type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" />
            </providers>
        </membership>

        <profile defaultProvider="SampleAppProfileProvider">
            <providers>
                <add name="SampleAppProfileProvider"
                type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"
                connectionStringName="SQLConnString"/>
            </providers>
            <properties>
                <add name="FirstName" type="System.String" />
                <add name="LastName" type="System.String" />
                <add name="Email" type="System.String" />
                <add name="Website" type="System.String" />
                <add name="Address" type="System.String" />
                <add name="Note" type="System.String" />
                <add name="Phone" type="System.String" />
                <add name="Fax" type="System.String" />
                <add name="Feature" type="System.Int32" />
            </properties>
        </profile>

        <roleManager enabled="true" cacheRolesInCookie="true" defaultProvider="SampleAppSqlRoleProvider"                  cookieName=".ASPXSampleAppROLES" cookiePath="/" cookieTimeout="30" cookieRequireSSL="false"                  cookieSlidingExpiration="true" createPersistentCookie="false" cookieProtection="All">
            <providers>
                <clear/>
                <add name="SampleAppSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider,                       System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"                       connectionStringName="SQLConnString" applicationName="SampleAppRoles"/>
            </providers>
        </roleManager>
    </system.web>
</configuration>