Hello, I am trying to use user roles in a new Visual Studio 2013, ASP.NET Web Application (webforms).
Here is how I create a role and add the currently logged in user to it:
public class RoleManager : RoleManager<IdentityRole> { public RoleManager() : base(new RoleStore<IdentityRole>(new ApplicationDbContext())) { } } protected void btnMakeAdmin_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { const string ROLE_NAME= "Admin"; var roleManager = new RoleManager(); if (!roleManager.RoleExists(ROLE_NAME)) { var roleresult = roleManager.Create(new IdentityRole(ROLE_NAME)); if (!roleresult.Succeeded) throw new Exception(String.Format("Unable to create a new role with the name {0}",ROLE_NAME)); } var manag ...

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