--- title: "Profile in ASP.net" description: "The ASP.NET Framework provides an alternative to using cookies or Session state to store user information as a Profile object. When a user visits your" author: "Chris Anderson" published: 2011-08-10 updated: 2014-09-18 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/225/profile-in-asp-dot-net category: "asp.net" tags: ["asp.net"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Profile in ASP.net The ASP.NET [Framework](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34615/software-framework-vs-library) provides an [alternative](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2324/what-is-the-alternative-to-the-mvc) to using cookies or Session state to store user information as a Profile object. When a user visits [your site](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12865/infographic-drive-traffic-to-your-site-in-2018-10-hints), you can use the information you have stored to present the user with a personalized version of your [Web application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13069/progressive-web-application-pwas-all-you-need-to-know-about). Personalizing an application requires a number of [elements](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1440/wpf-button-with-multiple-text-elements): you must store the information using a unique user identifier, be able to recognize users when they visit again, and then fetch the user information as needed. To simplify your [applications](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12847/how-to-choose-the-right-ethernet-cable-for-industrial-applications), you can use the ASP.NET profile feature, which can perform all of these tasks for you. The Profile object provides you with a strongly typed, persistent form of session state.\ You create a Profile by defining a list of Profile [properties](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23331/nootropics-7-different-types-and-their-unique-properties) in your application root web\ [configuration](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13112/setting-up-the-perfect-configuration-for-your-work-computer) file. The ASP.NET Framework dynamically compiles a class that contains these properties in the background. ##### HOW TO CREATE AND USE PROFILE? ##### \ File: Web.Config ```                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ``` ##### File: ShowProfile.aspx ```                                                       
             
             
                    
                    
                    
                                   
             
      ``` The above code creates profile by using [web.config](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/183/web-config-file) file and stores user information in profile object and also display’s the information of user by using profile object. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/225/profile-in-asp-dot-net Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.