“The name ProfileCommon does not exist in the current context”

Question

..been browsing the net but no luck.. I need to use the ProfileCommon but I can\'t reference any assemblies to use it.. can someone help?

Answer 1

This is a dynamic type generated by the framework. On runtime the type 'ProfileCommon' exists.

If you can use the C# 4.0 language features you can wrap the behavior of ProfileCommon in a dynamic object.

I have the following extended properties

The code example to use the dynamic object is

dynamic profile = new ProfileData();
var name = profile.FirstName + ' ' + profile.LastName;

The implementation of ProfileData:

public class ProfileData: DynamicObject
    {
        private readonly ProfileBase profileBase;

        /// 

        /// Profile Data for the current user.
        /// 
        public ProfileData()
        {
            profileBase = HttpContext.Current.Profile;
        }

        /// 

        /// Profile data for user with name 
        /// 
        /// 
        public ProfileData(string userName)
        {
            profileBase = ProfileBase.Create(userName);         
        }

        // If you try to get a value of a property 
        // not defined in the class, this method is called.
        public override bool TryGetMember(GetMemberBinder binder, out object result)
        {
            try
            {
                result = profileBase.GetPropertyValue(binder.Name);
            }
            catch(SettingsPropertyNotFoundException)
            {
                result = null;
                return false;
            }
            return true;            
        }

        // If you try to set a value of a property that is
        // not defined in the class, this method is called.
        public override bool TrySetMember(SetMemberBinder binder, object value)
        {
            try
            {
                profileBase.SetPropertyValue(binder.Name, value);
                return true;
            }
            catch (SettingsPropertyNotFoundException)
            {               
                return false;
            }           
        }

        /// 

        /// Persist the profile data.
        /// 
        public void Save()
        {
            profileBase.Save();
        }
    }