C# to VB.Net Conversion

Question

What is equivalent for below code in VB.NET

new FormsAuthentication().SetAuthCookie(user.UserId, true, ticketData);

Ref: http://blog.tatham.oddie.com.au/2011/04/04/released-formsauthenticationextensions

Answer 1

For starters SetAuthCookie is a static method, so you shouldn't be creating any instance of FormsAuthentication . So the correct way to do this in C# is the following:

FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(user.UserId, true, ticketData);

and in VB.NET the following:

FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(user.UserId, True, ticketData)

Conclusion: almost the same. If you are following VB.NET conventions you would probably write True instead of true and get rid of the ; .

Answer 2

If it were legal, the equivalent code in VB.NET would be the following (note the Call in the beginning -- that's the magical part that makes this work):

Call (New FormsAuthentication()).SetAuthCookie(user.UserId, true, ticketData)

Another option would be use With :

With New FormsAuthentication()
    .SetAuthCookie(user.UserId, true, ticketData)
End With

But as Darin has said, SetAuthCookie() is a static method and should be called as such.