>>>>Hello Everybody.
>>>>
>>>>I got some problems with impersonation.
>>>>
>>>>I have created a asp.net intranet site. The short of it is that the end user gets a grid displayed with pdf files. The pdf files are located on another sever behind locked security to which the enduser has no directly access.
>>>>
>>>>When the user clicks on a file in the grid the site should display the pdf file in an embeded pdf viewer on that page. In order to accomplish this i use impersonation in the code-behind secion.

>>>>Using impersonationContext As New WindowsImpersonationContextFacade()
>>>>   Me.ShowPdf1.FilePath = c_TempFilePath
>>>>End Using

>>>>(Note: this code is used from here with some modifications to fit my purposes. I also know this works because i use the exact same code in a vb.net app to access the same files successfully.)
>>>>
>>>>As long as i am testing this (domain admin with rights to that repository) it works fine - so i know the basic loading of the file works. However, for the enduser it does not work. They don't get an error, but the pdf does not display.
>>>>
>>>>My assumption is that the file does not actually get loaded in the behind-code but that code only passes the info to the client and the client loads the file.
>>>>
>>>>If that is true, that would explain the failure as the client does not have the read right to the repository and the impersonation is already gone.
>>>>
>>>>Question:
>>>>- am i correct with my assumption?
>>>>- how do I do this correctly?
>>>>
>>>>As always - thank you for your great help!
>>>
>>>Just glanced at this but it looks as if you are only using impersonation whilst setting a property - not whilst ASP.NET needs to actually access the file ?
>>
>>Hello Viv
>>
>>Thank you for your reply!
>>
>>Thats kinda what i am guessing. when i am looking at the actual code of the .ShowPdf1 object (specific to the FilePath Property)

>>protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter
>>                                       writer)
>>{
>>    try
>>    {
>>        StringBuilder sb = newStringBuilder();
>> 
>>        sb.Append("<iframe src="
>>                  +FilePath.ToString() + " ");
>> 
>>        sb.Append("width=" +
>>                  Width.ToString() + " height=" + 
>>                  Height.ToString() + " ");
>> 
>>        sb.Append("<View PDF: <a
>>            href=" + FilePath.ToString() + "</a></p>
>>            ");
>> 
>>        sb.Append("</iframe>");
>>               
>>        writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div);
>> 
>>        writer.Write(sb.ToString());
>> 
>>        writer.RenderEndTag();
>>    }
>>    catch
>>    {
>>               
>>        // with no properties set, this will render
>>        // "Display PDF Control" in 
>>        // a box on the page
>> 
>>        writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div);
>> 
>>        writer.Write("Display PDF Control");
>> 
>>        writer.RenderEndTag();     
>>    }  // end try-catch
>> 
>>}   //

Maybe i need to put my impersonation there?
>>
>>What do you think?
>
>That looks as if it is just embedding the url into the web page - which means the browser will subsequently try to download that from the server.
>If that's the case what is the value of FilePath at that point ?

by default its just blank. I don't realy see that the code is doing anything with it as a value get asigned.

my i need to create an ebeded viewer myself, where i can tell it to load the page and then enclose that into the impersonation.