MVC5 ApplicationUser custom properties

Question

I am trying to get to grips with the new Membership system introduced in ASP.NET MVC 5 and I\'ve come across a small issue which I am pretty sure you will be able to help me

Answer 1

Mark the Person object as virtual in your ApplicationUser definition. That worked for me.

public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
{
    public virtual Person Person { get; set; }

Answer 2

Explore IdentityManager.Store.UserManagement and IdentityManager.Store.Users.

ApplicationUser cUser = (ApplicationUser) await IdentityManager.Store.Users.FindByNameAsync(HttpContext.User.Identity.Name, new System.Threading.CancellationToken());
cUser.Surname = "New Something";
IdentityResult result1 = await IdentityManager.Store.SaveChangesAsync();

Above code is an example only. Basically you need to explore the Store property of IdentityManage.

Answer 3

When we used the Users object of our database context we ran into other tracking errors. In our application, we would retrieve users as such

var user = UserManager.FindById(userId);

Edit the properties:

user.StorageName = "gooblygook";
//whatever other properties you would like to use

And then we would save it with the UserManager in the controller:

UserManager.Update(user);

This is currently a working solution for us.