ASP.NET forms authentication - auto login with a test account while debugging?

Question

I have a web application that uses the asp.net membership and role providers to allow logins that are members of certain roles to have access to various pages depending on

Answer 1

In the Application_AuthenticateRequest method (aka the Applications AuthenticateRequest event) in the global.asax file, add code that checks if you are running the site within the debugger (something like system.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached) and, if you are, have it create the login ticket, create the cookie and attach it to the session. The FormsAuthentication library provides what you need if hte membership provder doesn't have it.