set controllers using custom role provider in mvc 4

Question

I am new to custom role providers and roles. I need to show some functionalities in the home page.

• If Admin enters the page it will show some button like delete, alter.
• If Normal user login the home page it will show some features like view and update but it will not shows the delete and alter functionalists.

I can do this using JavaScript but I need to implement this by using custom role provider. Is it possible using MVC4?

I have searched lots of websites but I did not find out how to do it. Can anyone give me some examples for this.

Answer 1

You can include admin areas in your view with razor like that:

@{if (User.IsInRole("admin"))
    {
        <text>
        @Html.ActionLink("Administration", "Index", "Admin", null, new { @class = currentPage == "admin-index" ? "currentPage" : "" });
        </text>
    }
}

In your controller you should make sure that admin settings and command that get sent (via Ajax post, e.g.) in come frome an authenticated admin user. Just an example:

    [HttpPost]
    [AccessDeniedAuthorize(Roles = "admin")]
    public JsonResult SaveOrder(int StationId, string ca, string items)
    {
         ...[your code]...
    }